Noun Cases

          nominative

• subject: Euclio in scaena dormit, 'Euclio sleeps on the stage.'
• complement (after the verb 'to be'): Demaenetus senex est, 'Demaenetus is an old man.'
  • note that complements are in other cases as well
  • make sure that you understand the terms complement and apposition

accusative

• direct object: seruae aulas portant, 'The slave-girls are carrying pots.'
• two objects with some verbs like habeo: te puellam doctam habeo, 'I consider you to be a clever girl.'
  • accusative one, te; accusative two, puellam (this is actually the complement. cf. see above.)
  • see also malo: pulchritudinem quam pecuniammalo, 'I prefer beauty to money.'
• after certain prepositions
  • motion: ad + acc.; in…