te hoc admoneo, I give you this warning.

Verbs of Judicial Action.

208. 1.  Verbs of Accusing, Convicting, Acquitting take the Genitive of the charge; as,—­

    me furti accusat, he accuses me of theft;

    Verrem avaritiae coarguit, he convicts Verres of avarice;

    impietatis absolutus est, he was acquitted of blasphemy.

2.  Verbs of Condemning take—­

  a.  The Genitive of the charge; as,—­

    pecuniae publicae condemnatus, condemned (on the charge) of
    embezzlement (lit. public money);

    capitis damnatus, condemned on a capital charge (lit. on a charge
    involving his head).

  b.  The Ablative of the penalty; as,—­

    capite damnatus est, he was condemned to death;

    mille nummis damnatus est, he was condemned (to pay) a thousand
    sesterces (lit. by a thousand sesterces, Abl. of Means).

3.  Note the phrases:—­

    voti damnatus, voti reus, having attained one’s prayer (lit.
    condemned on the score of one’s vow);

    de vi, (accused, convicted, etc.) of assault;

    inter sicarios, (accused, convicted, etc.) of murder.

Genitive with Impersonal Verbs.

209. 1.  The Impersonals pudet, paenitet, miseret, taedet, piget take the Accusative of the person affected, along with the Genitive of the person or thing toward whom the feeling is directed; as,—­

    pudet me tui, I am ashamed of you (lit. it shames me of you);

    paenitet me hujus facti, I repent of this act;

    eum taedet vitae, he is weary of life;

    pauperum te miseret, you pity the poor.

  a.  Instead of the Genitive of the thing we often find an Infinitive or
  Neuter Pronoun used as subject of the verb.  Thus;—­

    me paenitet hoc fecisse, I repent of having done this;

    me hoc pudet, I am ashamed of this.

2.  Misereor and miseresco also govern the Genitive; as,—­

    miseremini sociorum, pity the allies.

Interest, Refert.

210.  With interest, it concerns, three points enter into consideration; viz.—­

  a) the person concerned;
  b) the thing about which he is concerned;
  c) the extent of his concern.

211. 1.  The person concerned is regularly denoted by the Genitive; as,—­

    patris interest, it concerns the father.

  a.  But instead of the Genitive of the personal pronouns, mei, tui,
  nostri, vestri, the Latin uses the Ablative Singular Feminine of the
  Possessive, viz.:  mea, tua, etc.; as,—­