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sanguine redundat.
blood(Aß) soaks
"...which even now is soaked with the blood of a Roman citi
zen." Cic. Verr. 2,4,11
e. Ut frumento affluam.
that grain(Aß) (I)am-rich
"...that I am rich with grain." Plaut. Ps. 191
d. Aequilia super fluit armis.
Aequilia(N) overflows arms(Aß)
"Aequilia is overloaded with arms." Sil. 8,604
Ablative objects are also associated with those stative predicates that
denote need or lacking:
(13) a. Mortui cura et dolore careni.
dead(N) () and SOOOW(AB) are-free
"The dead are free from care and sorrow."
b. Milites auxilio indigent.
soldiers(N) help(Aß) need
"The soldiers need help." (cf. 10a)
The causative counterparts of the stative predicates in (12) and (13) —
transfer and removal verbs, respectively — also license an ablative theme
argument. Again, one can compare the case patterns licensed by transfer
and removal verbs in (14) and (15) with the "normal" case-patterns
sanctioned by these predicate types in sentences (2a-b). Note also that the
predicate dono "I give" sanctions both the normal case-pattern shown in
(2a) and the irregular pattern shown in (14c):
(14) a. Honoribus te cumulavimus.
honors(Aß) VOU(A) (we)have-heaped
"We have heaped you with honors."
b. Naves militibus onerai.
ships(A) soldiers(Aß) (he)loads
"He loads the ships with soldiers."
e. Ciceronem immortaliate donavit populus.
Cicero(A) immortality(AB) gave 1()
"The people gave Cicero immortality." (cf. 2a)