Chapter 53, Drill a: Practice using predicative dative.

In the following Latin sentences the English phrase in parentheses can be translated as a dative of purpose with also perhaps a dative of the person or thing affected, sometimes called dative of reference. Provide the correct Latin phrase:

Example:
fumus saepe est (destructive, i.e. a destruction, to a city). Answer: urbi exitio or exitio urbi

1. negotia in urbe erant (hateful to Quintus).
2. rus erat (dear to Quintus).
3. leges possunt esse (a safety to citizens).
4. pueri puellaeque saepe sunt (a care to [their] parents).
5. Quinti carmina erant (useful to Augustus).
6. servi erant (a help to Quintus).
7. (To whom is it a good thing?)
8. Actii proelium erat (a disaster for Antony).

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