[56] The use of ‘cogere’ with two accusatives, the cognate as well as that of the object, is not uncommon. Among other passages Forb. cites Ter. And. 3. 4. 44 “Quod vos vis cogit, id voluntate impetret,” Livy 6. 15 “Vos id cogendi estis.” Henry mentions a curious misinterpretation of Virg.'s words in Dante (Purgat. 22. 40), “Perchè non reggi tu, O sacra fame Dell' oro, l' appetito de' mortali?” “why, O sacred love of gold, moderatest thou not our appetite?” an eulogy of thrift.
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