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these verbs are intransitive, or, in the terms of this analysis, do not assign
macrorole status to their second argument.
Only a small group of those two-place predicates licensing non-accusa
tive objects form impersonal passives. Those licensing genitive objects, like
obliviscor "I have forgotten," are primarily deponent (i.e., have passive
forms but active meanings) and hence have no true passive counterparts.
Verbs of use requiring ablative non-subject arguments, e.g., utor, are also
deponent. Stative predicates of fullness and lack (e.g., indigeo) are
infrequently found in passive form; isolated instances are given in (17b-c).
By contrast, verbs taking dative "objects", including inverse verbs (17f),
frequently appear in the passive. Except for the presence of an additional
core argument (the non-accusative non-subject argument, which retains its
quirky case), the impersonal passive manifestations of non-accusative-
object verbs are identical to those of one-place "unergative" verbs like
curro ("I run"), shown in (17a):
(17) a. Curritum est ab equo.
run ÌS(IMPER) by horse(Aß)
"The horse ran."
b. Doloribus...careri hoc remedio frequenter
pain(Aß) be-lacked(iNF) this(Aß) remedy(Aß) frequently
experti sunt.
(they)experience
"With this remedy they frequently experienced a lack of
pain." Marcel. Med. 29,11
Cum praesidio earum indigeretur...
when protection(Aß) they(ü) is-needed(iMPER)
"When their protection is needed..." Plin. Nat. 10,75
d. N emini a nobis nocetur.
no one(ö) by US(AB) is-harmed(iMPER)
"No one is harmed by us."
e. Puer imper atum est ut regem excitar et.
boy(ö) ordered ÌS(IMPER) that king (he)wake
"The boy was ordered to wake the king."
f. Tibi a nullo libitum est.
VOU(D) by no () pleased ÌS(IMPER)
"You were pleased by no one."