Ego nolo esse deus.
I saw this sentence in Familia Mala: Saturns et Iuppiter and was confused why deus was not in the accusative.
As this nifty little comparative syntax explains, if the subject of a prolative infinitive (an infinitive that carries on the meaning of indeterminate verb) is the subject also of the main verb, the predicate is usually nominative.
A Parallel Of Greek And Latin Syntax 179 p. 57
How is it the subject of the main verb?
The subject of nōlō is the same as that of esse, i.e. ego.
I think I get it now. Thanks