castris idoneus locus, a place fit for a camp;

    apta dies sacrificio, a day suitable for a sacrifice.

NOTE.—­Adjectives of this last class often take the Accusative with ad.

Dative of Direction.

193.  In the poets the Dative is occasionally used to denote the direction of motion; as,—­

    it clamor caelo, the shout goes heavenward;

    cineres rivo fluenti jace, cast the ashes toward a flowing stream.

1.  By an extension of this construction the poets sometimes use the Dative to denote the limit of motion; as,—­

    dum Latio deos inferret, till he should bring his gods to Latium.

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THE GENITIVE.

194.  The Genitive is used with Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs.

GENITIVE WITH NOUNS.

195.  With Nouns the Genitive is the case which defines the meaning of the limited noun more closely.  This relation is generally indicated in English by the preposition of.  There are the following varieties of the Genitive with Nouns:—­

Genitive of Origin,        Objective Genitive,
Genitive of Material,      Genitive of the Whole,
Genitive of Possession,    Appositional Genitive,
Subjective Genitive,       Genitive of Quality.

196.  Genitive of Origin; as,—­

    Marci filius, the son of Marcus.

197.  Genitive of Material; as,—­

    talentum auri, a talent of gold;

    acervus frumenti, a pile of grain.

198.  Genitive of Possession or Ownership; as,—­

    domus Ciceronis, Cicero’s house.

1.  Here belongs the Genitive with causa and gratia.  The Genitive always precedes; as,—­

    hominum causa, for the sake of men;

    meorum amicorum gratia, for the sake of my friends.

2.  The Possessive Genitive is often used predicatively, especially with esse and fieri; as,—­

    domus est regis, the house is the king’s;

    stulti est in errore manere, it is (the part) of a fool to remain in
    error;

    de bello judicium imperatoris est, non militum, the decision
    concerning war belongs to the general, not to the soldiers.

  a.  For the difference in force between the Possessive Genitive and the
  Dative of Possession, see Sec. 359, 1.

199.  Subjective Genitive.  This denotes the person who makes or produces something or who has a feeling; as,—­

    dicta Platonis, the utterances of Plato;

    timores liberorum, the fears of the children.

200.  Objective Genitive.  This denotes the object of an action or feeling; as,—­

    metus deorum, the fear of the gods;

    amor libertatis, love of liberty;