User:Schoen/Double dative
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In Latin grammar, the combination of a dative of reference with a dative of purpose is often known as a double dative.
This construction typically indicates that something is given (or sent, arranged, done, etc.) to or for the benefit of a specified recipient for a specified purpose, or for a specified function. The recipient is identified with the dative of reference, and the purpose or function is identified with the dative of purpose.
An example of a double dative is mittam catenam amicae dono (I shall send the necklace to my friend as a gift; I shall sent the necklace to my friend for a gift). Here, both amica and donum take the dative, indicating that the friend is the recipient of the necklace and a gift is the purpose or function of the necklace.
