Editing Dative case (section)

==Latin== <!-- courtesy note [[dativus possessivus]] and other redirects link here (per [[WP:RSECT]]) -->
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There are several uses for the dative case ({{lang|la|Dativus}}):
*{{lang|la|Dativus finalis}} ('''dative of purpose'''), e.g. {{lang|la|[[non scholae sed vitae]]}} – "[we learn] not for school, but for life", {{lang|la|auxilio vocare}} – "to call for help", {{lang|la|venio auxilio}} – "I'm coming for help", {{lang|la|accipio dono}} – "I receive [this] as a gift" or {{lang|la|puellae ornamento est}} – "[this] is for the girl's decoration", or "... for decoration for the girl" (as {{lang|la|puellae}} could be either dative or genitive)
*{{lang|la|Dativus commodi (incommodi)}}, which means action for (or against) somebody, e.g., {{lang|la|Graecis agros colere}} – "to till fields for Greeks"; Combination of {{lang|la|Dativus commodi}} and {{lang|la|finalis}} ([[double dative]]): {{lang|la|tibi laetitiae}} "to you for joy"
*{{lang|la|Dativus possessivus}} ('''possessive dative''') which means possession, e.g. {{lang|la|angelis alae sunt}} – literally "to (or for) the angels are wings", this is typically found with a [[copula (linguistics)|copula]] and translated as "angels have wings".
*{{lang|la|Dativus ethicus}} ('''ethic dative''') indicates that the person in the dative is or should be especially concerned about the action, e.g. {{lang|la|Quid mihi Celsus agit?}} "What is Celsus doing for me?" (expressing the speaker being especially interested in what Celsus is doing for him or her);<ref>{{cite journal | title = Generating & parsing clitics with getarun | year = 1999 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.28.10 }}</ref> or {{lang|la|Cui prodest?}} "Whose interest does this serve?" (literally "To whom does this do good?")
*{{lang|la|Dativus auctoris}}, meaning; 'in the eyes of', e.g., {{lang|la|vir bonus mihi videtur}} 'he seems to me to be a good man'.
*The dative expresses agency with the [[Latin syntax#The gerundive|gerundive]] when the gerundive is used to convey obligation or necessity,<ref>{{Citation |last=Wheelock |first=Frederic |year=2011 |title=Wheelock's Latin |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |page=195 |isbn=978-0-06-199722-8}}</ref> e.g., {{lang|la|haec nobis agenda sunt}}, 'these things must be done by us.'