Latin A-Level
Accusative and infinitive distinguished
What Accusative and infinitive distinguished means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Verbs of commanding such as iubeō take the accusative and infinitive, as in iubeō tē venīre, which is a separate construction, not the prolative use.
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