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88	Uses of the Dative	89
	1) The dative is used with verbs meaning give, show or tell	Adjectives meaning near, fit, friendly, pleasing, like, and
	to express the Indirect Object.	their opposites take the Dative with Certain Adjectives.

	2) Verbs meaning favor, help, please, trust, believe, command,	The Dative of Purpose, marks the effect - whether
	persuade, obey, serve, resist, envy, threaten, pardon,	concrete or emotional - of a clause.
	spare and indulge are followed by the dative. This is called
	the Dative with Special Verbs.

	3) Verbs compounded with ad-, ante-, con-, dê-, in-, inter-,
	ob-, post-, post-, prae-, sub-, super and sometimes circum-,
	are followed by the Dative with Compound Verbs.

	4) Double Dative: When a predicate noun expresses the
	function of the subject rather than the subject's particular
	identifying qualities, Latin uses the dative. This usage is called
	the Dative of Purpose.
	Marcus was a help.
	Marcus auxiliô erat.
	The dative of purpose is often coupled with a Dative of
	Reference to form the so called "double dative" construction.
	Marcus was a help to me.
	Marcus auxiliô mihi erat.

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