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Etenim cum expedita manu clam in Masoviam ingressi, Ioannem ducem Cirnensium nihil hostile suspicantem, in praedio quodam, sive apud Zlotoriam arcem, quam tunc ligneam aedificabat, cepere, et equo impositum, ac subter alvum equi pedes indigne colligatum, arce incensa secum abduxere etc...

...they put him on a horse, and dishonorably tied him below the horse's belly with respect to his feet??
is pedes an accusative of respect or something here?
 
 

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Ok, but it doesn't really make sense to me. Is there a better way to understand this? :think:
 

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His feet were bound under the horse's belly. I suppose that means his feet were tied one to the other with some length of rope between them, and that length of rope went under the horse's belly, so that the man was effectively tied to the horse that way. Do you see what I mean?
 
 

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I guess so. Still, it could have been rendered more clearly in the original.
 
 

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Definitely not one of my fav grammatical constructions, I find it weird. Is there something corresponding to a similar Greek construction?
 
 

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I mean, does the accusative of respect exist in that language? Like I asked before concerning "habeo dicendum" or something like that.
 

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The accusative of respect exists in Greek, yes, and is more common there than in Latin.
 
 

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ok thanks, I was just curious
 

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It's even sometimes called "the Greek accusative".
 
 

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ok, gals, thanks for your input! :) Greatly appreciated!
 
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