Suburani 9 Dative case

Suburani Ch 9:
verbs that 'take' the dative

By Kristin Vines

The Dative Case

The verb will be an action of giving, showing or telling.

​There will be an accusative being given, shown or told to/for the dative

​How do I know?

The dative case is used primarily to indicate the person for whom an action is carried out.

​Indirect Object

Multiple Select

Which verbs are giving verbs? (2)

• trado, tradere

• video, vidēre

• peto, petere

• narro, narrare

Multiple Choice

Indirect objects ususally translate into English as:

• of

• with

• to, toward

• to, for

Multiple Choice

Which is dative?

Britannī Boudicae clāmōrem tollēbant.

• Britanni

• Boudicae

• clamorem

• tollebant

Multiple Choice

Which is dative?

ego comitibus praemium dedī, quod mē adiuvābant.

• comitibus

• praemium

• dedi

• me

Open Ended

Either ask me a question about the dative indirect object OR give an example of a dative in an English sentence.

imperō (order,), parcō (spare, ), crēdō (trust), placeō (please,), subveniō (help), and nūbō (marry) perusadeo (persuade), appropinquo (approach), faveo (favor), resisto (resist)

​The list

Some Latin verbs, due to their meaning, are accompanied by a noun in the dative case without an accusative.

This includes impersonal verbs (subject is it): neccesse est...

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Sneaky Verbs

More Dative case

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

frūstrā pontī appropinquāre temptābāmus.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Choose 2 verbs that 'take' the dative:

• placeo

• appropinquo

• trado

• dico

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Why is the underlined word dative?

sed Catiae nōn persuāsī.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

dominus noster deae dōna obtulit.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

necesse erat nōbīs Aucissae subvenīre.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

Boudica omnibus Rōmānīs mortem tulit.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

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Why is the underlined word dative?

Indus amīcīs rem nārrābat.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

prōcūrātor centuriōnī epistulam ostendit.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

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Why is the underlined word dative?

Currāx mātrī nihil dīxit.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

veterānī nūntiō epistulam trādidērunt.

• indirect object

• verb + dative

Multiple Choice

Why is the underlined word dative?

melius est mihi in popīnā manēre

• indirect object

• verb + dative