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Predicative dative
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Ed Cryer
Aug 9, 2003, 3:33:47 PM8/9/03
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Odi odioque sum Romanis.
(Livy 35.19 - Hannibal speaking at the end of his life)
I hate the Romans and am hated by them.
(although I doubt he said it in Latin)
(Livy 35.19 - Hannibal speaking at the end of his life)
I hate the Romans and am hated by them.
(although I doubt he said it in Latin)
Hoc mihi usui est
This is useful to me.
Noli hanc rem mihi vitio vertere.
Don't impute this as a fault of mine.
Hoc magno eis detrimento erit.
This will hurt them greatly.
This predicative dative is frequently accompanied by another dative of the
person concerned.
The idiom covers the ground of the English expressions "serves as ..",
"proves ..", e.g. It proved a hindrance to him; it was to his discredit; it
served him no good.
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