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[Nikolaos]

melius est + accusative

THREAD: #8837

I wouldn't have guessed that. Duly noted.

 

[Quasus]

melius est + accusative

This accusative case is not due to the melius. Generally, the following rule holds:

Suppose that an infinitive acting as subject is accompanied by a noun or an adjective that would be in the nominative of predicate if the verb were finite. Then the noun (or adjective) assumes the accusative case. This is the case with the infinitives of the verbs that govern double nominative, including esse.

Dīligī et cārum esse jūcundum est. Cic.
Rūdem esse omnīnō in poētīs inertissimae segnitiae est. Cic.
Cōnsulem fierī valdē ūtile Mariō vidēbātur. Cic.
Magnīs in laudibus tōta fere fuit Italia victōrem Olympiae citārī. Nep.
Impūnē quae libet facere id est rēgem esse. Sall.

 

[cinefactus]

Just hiving this off into its own thread to keep the sticky clean.