4.  When two Verbs govern the same object, the Latin does not use a pronoun with the second, as is the rule in English.  Thus:—­

    virtus amicitias conciliat et conservat, virtue establishes
    friendships and maintains them (not eas conservat).

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.

243. 1.  The Possessive Pronouns, as a rule, are not employed except for the purpose of clearness.  Thus:—­

    patrem amo, I love my father;

    de filii morte flebas, you wept for the death of your son.

  But—­

    de morte filii mei flebas, you wept for the death of my son.

  a.  When expressed merely for the sake of clearness, the possessive
  usually stands after its noun; but in order to indicate emphasis or
  contrast, it precedes; as,—­

    sua manu liberos occidit, with his own hand he slew his children;

    mea quidem sententia, in my opinion at least.

2.  Sometimes the Possessive Pronouns are used with the force of an Objective Genitive; as,—­

    metus vester, fear of you;

    desiderium tuum, longing for you.

3.  For special emphasis, the Latin employs ipsius or ipsorum, in apposition with the Genitive idea implied in the Possessive; as,—­

    mea ipsius opera, by my own help;

    nostra ipsorum opera, by our own help.

  a.  So sometimes other Genitives; as,—­

    mea unius opera, by the assistance of me alone.

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS.

244. 1.  The Reflexive Pronoun se and the Possessive Reflexive suus have a double use:—­

I. They may refer to the subject of the clause (either principal or subordinate) in which they stand,—­’Direct Reflexives’; as,—­

    se amant, they love themselves;

    suos amicos adjuvat, he helps his own friends;

    eum oravi, ut se servaret, I besought him to save himself.

II.  They may stand in a subordinate clause and refer to the subject of the principal clause,—­’Indirect Reflexives’; as,—­

    me oravit ut se defenderem, he besought me to defend him (lit. that
    I defend himself);

    me oraverunt, ut fortunarum suarum defensionem susciperem, they
    besought me to undertake the defense of their fortunes.

  a.  The Indirect Reflexive is mainly restricted to those clauses which
  express the thought, not of the author, but of the subject of the
  principal clause.

2.  The Genitive sui is regularly employed, like mei and tui, as an Objective Genitive, e.g. oblitus sui, forgetful of himself; but it occasionally occurs—­particularly in post-Augustan writers—­in place of the Possessive suus; as, fruitur fama sui, he enjoys his own fame.