Sobre el dativus auctoris
ISSN: 1131-6810, 2530-8343
Year of publication: 2005
Issue Title: Homenaje a D. Eduardo del Estal Fuentes, profesor de la Universidad de La Laguna
Issue: 16
Pages: 99-110
Type: Article
More publications in: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas
Abstract
The alternance Dative/ab... abl. with -tum esse is associated with two ways of presenting the States of Affairs: if they are presented as Actions, the choice is ab... abl to express the Agent, but if they are presented as States, the choice is Dative case. In adition, the structure -tum esse + Dative establishes a diathetic opposition with the structure -tum habere.