Dative Case Flashcards
Indirect Object
Indicates the one for whom or in whose interest an act is performed.
Personal Interest
Advantage or Disadvantage
Denotes the person (or rarely, the thing) to whose benefit or detriment a verbal action occurs.
Reference or Respect
Limits the extent to which something is presented as true, qualifying a statement that would otherwise not be true.
Possession
Unique construction in which the dative possesses the subject of an equative verb (such as εἰµι or γίνοµαι).
Place
Pinpoints the literal physical location of a noun in the dative case.
Sphere
Identifies the figurative or metaphorical location (i.e. sphere or realm)
Time
INdicates the point in time (location in time) at which the action of the verb is accomplished.
Means
Denotes the impersonal means by which the action of a given verb is accomplished
Manner
Denotes the manner in which the action of a given verb is accomplished
Agency
Denotes the personal agency by which the action of a given verb is accomplished
Association
Denotes the person or thing by which a person is associated or by which a person is accompanied
Material or Content
Specifies the material that is used to perform a given action conveyed by the verb. The dative of intent occurs in conjunction with verbs of filling
Cause
Indicates the basis or reason of the action of a given verb, whether external (occasion) or internal (motivation)
Cognate Dative
Use is a dative noun that is a cognate (of the same stem) to the verb it modifies either formally or conceptually.
Apposition
Two related substantive a refer to the same person or thing
Direct Object
The dative after certain verbs of trusting, obeying, serving, worshiping, thanksgiving, or following and functions as the direct object
Time
INdicates the point in time (location in time) at which the action of the verb is accomplished.
Means
Denotes the impersonal means by which the action of a given verb is accomplished
Manner
Denotes the manner in which the action of a given verb is accomplished
Agency
Denotes the personal agency by which the action of a given verb is accomplished
Association
Denotes the person or thing by which a person is associated or by which a person is accompanied
Material or Content
Specifies the material that is used to perform a given action conveyed by the verb. The dative of intent occurs in conjunction with verbs of filling
Cause
Indicates the basis or reason of the action of a given verb, whether external (occasion) or internal (motivation)
Cognate Dative
Use is a dative noun that is a cognate (of the same stem) to the verb it modifies either formally or conceptually.
Apposition
Two related substantive a refer to the same person or thing
Direct Object
The dative after certain verbs of trusting, obeying, serving, worshiping, thanksgiving, or following and functions as the direct object
