se virum praestitit, he showed himself a man.

2.  The Predicate Accusative may be an Adjective as well as a Noun; as,—­

    homines caecos reddit cupiditas, covetousness renders men blind;

    Apollo Socratem sapientissimum judicavit, Apollo adjudged Socrates the
    wisest man.

  a.  Some Verbs, as reddo, usually admit only an Adjective as the Predicate
  Accusative.

3.  In the Passive the Direct Object becomes the Subject, and the Predicate Accusative becomes Predicate Nominative (Sec. 168, 2, b):  as,—­

    urbs Roma vocata est, the city was called Rome.

  a.  Not all Verbs admit the Passive construction; reddo and efficio, for
  example, never take it.

Two Accusatives—­Person and Thing.

178. 1.  Some Verbs take two Accusatives, one of the Person Affected, the other of the Result Produced.  Thus:—­

  a) Verbs of requesting and demanding; as,—­

    otium divos rogat, he asks the gods for rest;

    me duas orationes postulas, you demand two speeches of me.

  So also oro, posco, reposco, exposco, flagito, though some of these
  prefer the Ablative with ab to the Accusative of the Person; as,—­

    opem a te posco, I demand aid of you.

  b) Verbs of teaching (doceo and its compounds); as,—­

    te litteras doceo, I teach you your letters.

  c) Verbs of inquiring; as,—­

    te haec rogo, I ask you this;

    te sententiam rogo, I ask you your opinion.

  d) Several Special Verbs; viz. moneo, admoneo, commoneo, cogo, accuso,
  arguo, and a few others.  These admit only a Neuter Pronoun or Adjective
  as Accusative of the Thing; as,—­

    hoc te moneo, I give you this advice;

    me id accusas, you bring this accusation against me;

    id cogit nos natura, nature compels us (to) this.

  e) One Verb of concealing, celo; as,—­

    non te celavi sermonem, I have not concealed the conversation from
    you.

2.  In the Passive construction the Accusative of the Person becomes the Subject, and the Accusative of the Thing is retained; as,—­

    omnes artes edoctus est, he was taught all accomplishments;

    rogatus sum sententiam, I was asked my opinion;

    multa admonemur, we are given many admonitions.

  a.  Only a few Verbs admit the Passive construction.

Two Accusatives with Compounds.

179. 1.  Transitive compounds of trans may take two Accusatives, one dependent upon the Verb, the other upon the Preposition, as,—­

    milites flumen transportat, he leads his soldiers across the river.