Ille dicto carae genetricis paret

I'm not sure why genetricis is in the genitive. Shouldn't it be in the dative? (He obeys his dear mother)?

Ille dicto carae genetricis paret et in faciem Ascanii mutatus est.
Lingua Latina, 39. 273
 

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Dicto is the dative object of paret. The genitive carae genetricis modifies dicto.
 
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