Sentence in Fabulae Faciles

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Can anyone provide insight into this sentence:

…tandem tamen iussit eum ad urbem Tiryntha ire et Eurysthei regis omnia iussa facere.


The 2nd part et Eurysthei regis omnia iussa facere is causing me problems.

Can’t really figure it out.

David

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…tandem tamen iussit eum ad urbem Tiryntha ire et Eurysthei regis omnia iussa facere.

Hey David

this is a accusative with (double) infinitive construction. the first one would be “eum .. ire” (him to go) .. the second one would be “eum … facere” (him to do) … these infinitives with accusative are the object of the main verb … Jussit (he ordered/he bade)

So …

But at length he bid him to go … and to do everything commanded of (by) King Eurystheus …

think of “Eurysthei regis omnia jussa” as meaning “all of the orders of King Eurysteius”

I hope this has helped more than it hurt

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Thanks.

I could actually figure out what it meant but I don’t know why it’s structure like that.

What cases is “iussa” and why?

Thanks,

David

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iussa is the accusative plural of the second declension neuter noun “iussum” (order, decree, etc.)

Omnia iussa = all the orders

Forms like this can be either nominative or accusative (all Latin neuter nouns have the same forms for both their nominatives and accusatives), but here only accusative makes sense.