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393.
Verbs of naming, choosing, appointing,
making, esteeming, and the like, may take a Predicate Accusative along
with the direct object: -
- ó Spartace, quem enim té
potius appellam (Phil. xiii. 22), 0 Spartacus, what else shall
I call you (than Spartacus)?
- Cicerónem cónsulem
creáre, to elect Cicero consul.
- mé angurem
nóminávérunt (Phil. ii. 4), they nominated
me for augur.
- cum grátiás ageret quod
sé cónsulem fécisset (De Or. ii. 265),
when he thanked him because he had made him consul (supported his candidacy).
- hominem prae sé néminem
putavit (Rosc. Am. 135), he thought nobody a in comparison with
himself.
- ducem sé praebuit (Vat. 38),
he offered himself as a leader.
NOTE: The predicate accusative may be an adjective: as, -
hominés mítís reddidit at
mansuétés (Inv. i. 2), has made men mild and gentle.
a. In changing from the active voice to
the passive, the Predicate Accusative becomes Predicate Nominative
(§284):
- réx ab suís
appellátur (B. G. viii. 4), he is called king by his
subjects. [Active: suí eum régem
appelant.]