CHAPTER XVII. ON THE GOVERNMENT OF VERBS. 558, 559. _Objective_ and _modal_ government 444 560. Appositional construction 445 561. Verb and genitive case 448 562. Verb and accusative case 448 563. The partitive construction 448 564. _I believe it to be him_ 448 565. [Greek: phemi einai despotes] 449 566. _It is believed to be_ 449 {xxxviii} CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE PARTICIPLES. 567. _Dying-day_ 451 568. _I am beaten_ 451 CHAPTER XIX. ON THE MOODS. 569. The infinitive mood 452 570. Objective construction 452 570. Gerundial construction 453 571. Peculiarities of imperatives 454 572. Syntax of subjunctives 454 CHAPTER XX. ON THE TENSES. 573. Present form habitual 455 574. Praeterite form aorist 455 CHAPTER XXI. SYNTAX OF THE PERSONS OF VERBS. 575, 576. _I, or he am (is) wrong_ 456 CHAPTER XXII. ON THE VOICES OF VERBS. 577. The word _hight_ 458 CHAPTER XXIII. ON THE AUXILIARY VERBS.