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1467. The dative of the person and the genitive of the thing are used with the impersonals δεῖ (1400), μέτεστι, μέλει, μεταμέλει, προσήκει. Thus, ““μισθοφόρων ἀνδρὶ τυράννῳ δεῖa tyrant needs mercenariesX. Hi. 8.10, ““ὡς οὐ μετὸν αὐτοῖς Ἐπιδάμνουinasmuch as they had nothing to do with EpidamnusT. 1.28, ““οὐχ ὧν ἐβιά_σατο μετέμελεν αὐτῷhe did not repent of his acts of violenceAnd. 4.17, ““τούτῳ τῆς Βοιωτία_ς προσήκει οὐδένhe has nothing to do with BoeotiaX. A. 3.1.31. ἔξεστί μοι it is in my power does not take the genitive. For the accusative instead of the dative, see 1400. Cp. 1344.

a. For δοκεῖ μοι it seems to me (mihi videtur), δοκῶ μοι (mihi videor) may be used. b. For other cases of the dative as direct complement see 1476, 1481.

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