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313: 256: 25: 206:, is usually rendered in English as something like, "Who benefits?", or more literally "To whose advantage?" The double dative construction sounds unnatural if translated literally, "to whom for an advantage", and is better rendered as "to whom as an advantage". 137:. A common translation is "As a (dative of purpose) with reference to (dative of reference)." This was formerly known as "predicate dative" or "dative of service", with usually the following characteristics of the noun in the dative of purpose: 130: 168:
According to a standard 1893 grammar, only a few nouns are used in this construction which appears to be "governed by custom, not by any principle".
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Allen and Greenough's Latin grammar for schools and colleges: Founded on comparative grammar
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this noun is rarely qualified by an adjective unless one like
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Allen, J.H.; J.B. Greenough; G.L. Kittredge (1893).
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dative of reference
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