Verbs with the Dative
The following Latin verbs take a dative noun as an object where English more naturally uses an accusative:
Table
| impero | I order, command |
| faveo | I support, favour |
| credo | I trust, believe |
| resisto | I resist |
| appropinquo | I approach |
| persuadeo | I persuade |
Match
With each of these verbs, the idea of giving/receiving associated with the dative case is lost in translation, but it can still be understood, e.g. resisto = I give resistance to someone or something.
- credisne Romanis?
- princeps liberto imperavit ut ex urbe discederet.
- milites nautis favent, sed non militibus nautae.
- feminae portis urbis nocte appropinquaverunt.
- paucos dies hostibus resistere poteramus.
- persuadere eis qui illum librum non legerunt facile est.
