Editing Umbrian language (section)

===== Accusative and dative =====
The accusative, just as in Latin, was used as the [[Object (grammar)|direct object]] of [[Transitive verb|transitive verbs]] and with [[Adposition|prepositions]]. There is also evidence of the cognate accusative, a function in Latin in which accusative nouns were often the object of related verbs. In Umbrian, this appears in the sentence "{{Lang|xum|teio subocau suboco}}."{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=199}} The dative was used in both Latin and Umbrian to refer to the [[indirect object]] of [[Transitive verb|transitive verbs]], although it could also be the direct object of [[special verbs]]: the Umbrian verb "{{Lang|xum|'''kuraia'''}}" ("to care for") is used with the dative in the sentence "{{Lang|xum|'''ri esune kuraia'''}}" to express the meaning "to care for the divine thing," which in Latin would be expressed using the equivalent verb "{{Lang|xum|curo}}" with the accusative.{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=198}} Certain compound verbs appear to have taken the dative, a linguistic peculiarity also present in Latin: In the sentence "{{Lang|xum|prosesetir strusla fida arsueitu}}," the compound verb "{{Lang|xum|arsueitu}}" takes the dative. Dative forms could also function as the indirect object of nouns with verbal meanings: "{{Lang|xum|'''tikamne luvie'''}}," meaning "dedication for [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]]."{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=199}} Like Latin, the Umbrian dative could be paired with adjectives: "{{Lang|xum|'''futu fons pacer''' ... '''pople'''}}," meaning "It must be propitious ... for the people."{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=199}} The Umbrian dative could indicate the beneficiary or maleficiary of an action: this function, the dative of reference, appears in the sentence "{{Lang|xum|aserio . . . anglaf esona mehe, tote Iioueine}}" ("observe... divine omens for me, for the city of Iguvinum").{{Sfn|Buck|1904|p=198}}