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Objective genitive (reverentia tui, cura rerum)

With a noun of feeling or action, a genitive can stand for the object of that feeling or action: reverentia tui "respect for you", cura rerum "care for things".

Ask who does what: in librorum … sitim the books are what is thirsted for, so "thirst for books", not "the books' thirst". Translate with "for", "of" or "towards": amor sui "love of self", inscitia boni "ignorance of the good".

For "of me, of you, of oneself" as an object, Latin uses mei, tui, sui, nostri, vestri: tui ipsius reverentiam "respect for yourself". The possessives meus, tuus, suus mean "my, your, his own".

Adjectives of fullness, sharing, knowledge and desire take the same genitive (plenus, particeps, expers, memor, cupidus, conscius), and so do memini and obliviscor: horum meminisse "to remember these things".

Examples

  • a bonorum malorumque inscitia 2.1from ignorance of good and evil
  • librorum vero sitim pelle 2.3but drive away your thirst for books
  • dum tui ipsius reverentiam nullam habes 2.6while you have no respect for yourself
  • nullam rerum humanarum curam gerunt 2.11they take no care of human affairs

In the text 105

  • I.3 A matre, pietatis studium, et largiendi promptitudinem: nec a malo patrando tantum, sed cogitando etiam, continere.
  • I.7 A Rustico, quod in eam cogitationem devenerim, morum correctione curationeque indigere me:morum "of (my) character" is an objective genitive with both nouns: it is the character that needs correcting and caring for. curatio is the word for a doctor's treatment.
  • I.7 quodque ad aemulationem ambitionemque Sophisticam nullus declinaverim, vel de theorematibus aliquid conscribendo, vel oratiunculas hortatorias declamando, vel exercitia obire operasque edere potis speciem praebendo, quo ad stuporem ac admirationem mei homines traherem.
  • I.8 ut idem semper essem, in doloribus acerrimis, in liberorum amissione, in morbis diuturnis.
  • I.9 gravitatem item neutiquam personatam: et sedulam amicorum observationem: et imperitorum, eorumque qui citra considerationem opinione mera ducuntur, tolerationem:Both genitives, imperitorum "of the ignorant" and eorum qui … "of those who …", depend on the last word, tolerationem "the bearing": patience with such people. opinione mera "by mere opinion" is the ablative of means with the passive ducuntur "are led".
  • I.9 adhaec dilucidam ac methodicam cum inventionem, tum et dispositionem, decretorum ejusmodi, quae ad vitam recte instituendam conducerent.
  • I.14 ab eodem item didici, simpliciter vivere; in philosophiae cultu constanter persistere;cultus is "care, cultivation, devotion"; with the objective genitive philosophiae it is "the cultivation of philosophy", its steady pursuit.
  • I.15 denique quod urbanitatis laudem neutiquam affectaverit.urbanitas is the polish and wit of a man of the city; laudem urbanitatis affectare is "to aim at praise for wit", to try to be thought clever. affectare "strive after" often implies doing it for show. The subject is still Maximus.
  • I.16 quod ab adolescentium amoribus coercuerat se. quod civiliter admodum se gessit.adolescentium is an objective genitive: "loves for young men", not "the loves that young men feel".
  • I.16 quod etiam amicorum retinendi studiosus; nec fastidio mutans, nec insane diligens.
  • I.16 nec in Deis colendis superstitiosus, nec in hominibus, aut muneribus, aut blanditiis auram captans popularem; sed in rebus quibusque sobrius, solidus, nusquam ineptus, aut novitatis studiosus.
  • I.16 corporis sui cura tam probe attemperata, ut nec vitae avidus videretur, aut elegantiae studiosus, nec neglectui tamen id haberet;
  • I.16 quod maximum est, quod citra invidentiam eis concedebat, qui in facultate aliqua claruerunt, sive oratoria, sive legum vel morum vel aliarum quarumvis rerum notitia:
  • I.16 non illi intempestivus balneorum usus; non aedificandi studium insanum,
  • I.17 quod fratrem eum nactus sim, qui ad curam mei agendam suis moribus me extimularet, quique simul honore affectuque erga me suo animum mihi oblectaret.
  • I.17 quod per insomnia remedia mihi fuerint indicata, cum alia, tum adversus sanguinis excreationem et capitis vertiginem; quod et Cajetae aliquando factum est.
  • II.1 obveniunt illis ista omnia a bonorum malorumque inscitia.a with the ablative gives the source: "from ignorance". bonorum malorumque are neuter plural adjectives used as nouns, "of good and bad things", and say what the ignorance is of.
  • II.3 librorum vero sitim pelle; ut ne murmurans moriaris, sed vere propitius, Deoque ex animo gratus.librorum is an objective genitive: "thirst for books". sitim is the accusative of sitis, an i-stem with -im.
  • II.5 abduces autem, si tanquam vitae tuae novissimam, actionem unamquamque peregeris; temeritate omni liberam, et declinatione per affectus vim a rationis dictamine; simulatione itidem, et amore sui, eorumque quae a numine destinata sunt aversatione.sui and eorum are objective genitives: amore sui 'love of oneself', eorum … aversatione 'aversion to those things'. The relative clause quae a numine destinata sunt stands between eorumque and the noun it depends on.
  • II.6 ea vero tibi prope confecta est, dum tui ipsius reverentiam nullam habes, sed in aliorum animis felicitatem tuam collocas.tui ipsius 'of your own self' is an objective genitive: reverentiam tui is 'respect for yourself', not 'your respect'. ipsius strengthens tui.
  • II.11 si vero, vel nulli sunt, vel nullam rerum humanarum curam gerunt, quid attinet tandem vivere in mundo vel Deorum, vel providentiae inani?rerum humanarum is an objective genitive: the care is for human affairs. curam gerere 'to have care, take care'.
  • III.1 sed et illud reputandum, quod, si quis diutius vitam protraxerit, incertum sit, utrum mentis vires pariter idoneas sit habiturus ad rerum intelligentiam, et ad contemplationem eam quae ad rerum divinarum humanarumque peritiam contendit.
  • III.1 Festinandum itaque, non hac sola ratione, quia mortem propius per momenta singula acceditur, sed hac insuper, quia rerum cogitatus et intellectus ante mortem nos saepenumero destituit.
  • III.3 Heraclitus, de mundi conflagratione cum prolixe disseruisset, aqua intercute viscera distentus, stercoreque oblitus bubulo, interiit.
  • III.4 etenim operis alieni observatio, a mentis propriae custodia cogit evagari.Two objective genitives: operis alieni observatio "the watching of another's work" and mentis propriae custodia "the guarding of one's own mind". The comma after observatio only marks off the subject.
  • III.4 quod hominem utique praestet intaminatum voluptatibus, dolore omni illaesum, contumelia intactum, improbitatis ne sentientem quidem; certaminis praestantissimi, ne ab affectu scilicet ullo subvertatur, athletam;
  • III.4 meminit etiam, cognatum esse rationale omne: et naturae ipsius humanae rationem ab unoquoque hoc exigere, ut hominum quorumvis curam habeat.
  • III.5 Neque invitus quicquam agas, neque societatis communis immemor, nec nisi re probe prius explorata, aggressus, nec affectibus abreptus.
  • III.5 sed nec sensus tuos exornet sermonis elegantia; nec dictionis multae fueris, nec negotii multi avidus.
  • III.5 faxis vero, ut qui in te residet Deus, praeses sit animantis masculi, aetate provecti, reipublicae studiosi, Romani, principis;
  • III.6 judiciumque, quo minus externa rerum facie specieque corrumpatur, integrum servare curae sit, quo rerum examen exquisitius instituas.
  • III.7 quod est maximum, victurus est, mortis nec appetens, nec metuens.Present participles of desiring and fearing, used as adjectives, take the genitive: appetens mortis "longing for death", metuens mortis "fearful of death". Compare amans patriae "a lover of his country".
  • III.11 ut definitio sive descriptio fiat semper rei illius quae sub cogitationem cadit;
  • III.14 ad finem itaque festina, et spes vanas mittens, si rationem tui ullam habes, tibi consule; quod licet.rationem habere alicujus "to take account of, have regard for someone"; tui is the genitive of tu, "of yourself", not a form of the possessive tuus.
  • IV.3 praecipue, si quis ea intra se reposita habuerit, quorum contemplatione summam extemplo tranquillitatem consequatur.
  • IV.3 sed gloriolae cupido forsan te torquet.gloriola "a little bit of fame" is a diminutive of gloria, and a scornful one: "petty fame". It is an objective genitive with cupido "desire": "desire for petty fame". cupido here is the feminine noun "desire", not the god Cupid.
  • IV.12 veruntamen sententiae mutatio ista niti semper debet probabilitate aliqua, vel justum esse, vel in publicum utile, vel aliud hujusmodi, id ad quod transitur, non autem quod jucundum aut gloriosum existat.
  • IV.16 Intra decimum diem Deus illis ipsis videberis, quibus nunc pro bellua et simia haberis, si ad decreta rationisque cultum te retuleris.
  • IV.19 finge, vero et immortales, qui tui meminerint, memoriamque tui et ipsam immortalem fore, quid hoc ad te tamen?
  • IV.21 quaenam est istic veritatis notitia?quaenam is quae "what" strengthened by -nam: "what, then?". istic is the adverb "there, in that matter". veritatis is an objective genitive, "knowledge of the truth": Marcus asks how one gets at the truth in a question like this.
  • IV.21 elicitur ea per distributionem rei in materiam et formam.distributio "division" is a term of logic: taking a thing apart into its parts. Every thing is divided into materia "matter", what it is made of, and forma "form", what makes it the thing it is. rei "of the thing" is an objective genitive: the thing is what gets divided. For souls and bodies, the matter goes back to the elements and the form to the reason of the universe.
  • IV.32 adulationi deditos, arroganter pervicaces, suspicionibus indulgentes, insidias struentes, mortem aliquorum expetentes, de rerum statu praesente quiritantes, opes congerentes, consulatus, regnive appetentes.appetens "eager for", a present participle used like an adjective, takes the genitive: consulatus (4th declension genitive singular, -ūs) and regni "of kingship". -ve "or" is the enclitic joined to regni. The consulship, the highest office of the old Republic, was still coveted under the emperors.
  • IV.45 neque enim rerum enumeratio simplex est a se invicem discretarum, quae necessitate tamen quadam contineantur; sed rationi consentanea connexio;
  • IV.51 compendiosa est ea, quae secundum naturam est. in omni nimirum cum dictione, tum actione veri rectique curam habere.
  • V.8 multa siquidem et in illis aspera sunt, quae sanitatis spe tamen libenter admittimus.sanitatis spe "in hope of health": spe is an ablative of cause, and sanitatis an objective genitive, the thing hoped for. Bitter medicine and cold baths are welcome because of what they lead to; this is the model for accepting what nature sends.
  • V.9 ita nihil deerit ulterius, quod rationis obsequelae conciliet te, sed ea sponte tua acquiesces.
  • V.10 contra potius solari se quemque par fuerit, dissolutionem sui naturalem operiendo, moramque interea haud gravate ferendo, dum duobus hisce acquiescit prorsus;
  • V.12 ita etiam vulgus hominum differentiae istius habent aliquam notitiam.vulgus "the crowd" is singular, but habent is plural: the verb follows the sense (many people), not the grammar. differentiae istius "of this difference" (between true goods and the goods of the many) is an objective genitive with notitiam "awareness".
  • V.20 Verum conatus aut affectus impedimentum non datur, exceptionis atque circumversionis beneficio.conatus and affectus are 4th-declension genitives singular (-ūs), depending on impedimentum: "hindrance of impulse or disposition", i.e. a hindrance to them. conatus is the mind's impulse towards an act, affectus its settled disposition. Others can stop my action (actum), but not my will to act well.
  • V.20 circumvertit enim mens transfertque effectionis impedimentum omne ad id quod est potius.
  • V.30 Universi mens communionis mutuae amans est.Universi mens "the mind of the universe" is the divine reason that orders the whole world. amans "loving" is a present participle used as an adjective, and as an adjective it takes a genitive of what is loved: communionis amans "fond of fellowship, a lover of fellowship". The phrase renders the Greek for "social": the mind of the world is made for partnership, as ours is.
  • V.33 quin ergo expectas placidus, vel extinctionem tui, vel translationem?Marcus leaves open what death is: either the soul is put out like a flame (extinctio, Gataker's spelling of exstinctio), or it is moved elsewhere (translatio "transfer, removal"). Either way there is nothing to fear. tui is the genitive of tu: "the extinction of you".
  • VI.13 de coitu, esse intestini frictionem, mucique cum convulsione quadam excretionem:The third definition, in two parts joined by -que: "the rubbing of a piece of gut, and the discharge of mucus with a kind of spasm". The nouns in -io name actions, frictio "rubbing" (from frico) and excretio "discharge" (from excerno); the genitives intestini and muci say what is rubbed and what is discharged. muci … excretionem wraps round the phrase cum convulsione quadam.
  • VI.15 hujusmodi res est et vita cujusque, quasi exhalatio nempe quaedam a sanguine orta, et ab aere spiritus attractio.Two nouns in apposition to vita: an exhalation arising from the blood (the Stoics held that the soul is a vapour given off by the blood) and a drawing in of breath from the air. quasi "as it were", nempe "to be sure" and quaedam "a sort of" all soften the comparison. orta is the perfect participle of the deponent orior "arise". spiritus is genitive (4th declension, spiritūs): the breath is what is drawn in.
  • VI.30 itaque serva te simplicem, bonum, integrum, gravem, serium, justi amantem, pium, placidum, affectu genuino praeditum, in officio praestando strenuum.amantem, the present participle of amo, is used here as an adjective, and like adjectives of desire it takes a genitive: justi amantem "loving of the just", a lover of justice. justi is the neuter of justus used as a noun.
  • VI.30 imitare constantem illius in rebus rite gestis tenorem, in cunctis aequabilitatem, pietatem, vultus serenitatem, comitatem, gloriae inanis contemptum, in rebus indagandis studium;gloriae inanis is an objective genitive: empty glory is what he despised, so "contempt of empty glory" means contempt for it.
  • VI.30 ut morum actionumque accuratus explorator fuerit; non conviciator, non meticulosus, non suspiciosus, non sophista.explorator "one who examines" takes the genitive of what is examined: morum actionumque "of characters and actions". With fuerit "he was", the predicate is nominative.
  • VI.30 ut paucis contentus, tecto nempe, strato, veste, victu, servitio: ut laborum amans, irasci tardus,
  • VI.44 ecquid enim vel illis ipsis, vel universo, cujus praecipue curam gerunt, inde accederet?curam gerere with a genitive is "to take care of": cujus "of which" refers to universo. For the Stoics the gods care first for the whole; each part is cared for as part of it.
  • VI.47 alia acuta, sublimia, industria, versuta, arrogantia ingenia: ipsi vitae hujusce caducae et in dieculam durantis subsannatores, qualis Menippus, illiusque similes.subsannatores "mockers" is a late Latin word, from subsannare "to jeer by pulling faces"; vitae is an objective genitive, "mockers of life". ipsi "the very": even those who laughed at life have died. in dieculam "for a little day": in with the accusative can mark a span of time, and diecula, a diminutive of dies, makes life a day, and a small one.
  • VI.50 quod siquis vi adhibita obstiterit tibi, tu ad aequanimitatem et tranquillitatem te transfer, eoque quod obstat ad virtutis alterius exercitium fac utare.
  • VII.3 Pompae studium inane, fabulae scenicae, greges, armenta, velitationes, catulis projectum ossiculum, offula in piscinam immissa, formicarum aerumnae et bajulationes, musculorum perterritorum discursus, sigillaria verticillis cita.The section opens with a list of nouns and no verb: the idle sights of the world, on which people spend their care. Pompae studium inane "the empty zeal for a procession": pompa is a parade or pageant, and Pompae is an objective genitive, the thing the zeal is for. fabulae scenicae are "stage plays"; velitatio is skirmishing (from velites, the light-armed skirmishers of the Roman army), here mock fights.
  • VII.18 an non vides simile quiddam esse et mutationem tui, nec universi naturae minus necessarium?tui is the genitive of tu, not of tuus: an objective genitive, "the changing of you", your own change, at death. It is the same kind of change as the burning of the logs and the digesting of food.
  • VII.24 Siquidem enim ita vultum quis obfirmaverit, ut peccati sensus omnis aufugerit, quorsum homo sic affectus vitam protrahat amplius?
  • VII.46 neque enim hoc est, quod, vir vere qui sit, tantopere expetere debeat, ut temporis tantundem vivat; neque vitae oportet avidum esse;avidus "greedy" takes an objective genitive: vitae avidum "greedy of life", clinging to it. oportet with an infinitive and no subject states a general rule, so avidum is accusative masculine: "that one be greedy".
  • VII.53 ubi enim fructum consequi licet actionis prospere fluentis, et juxta conditionis propriae naturam progredientis, nulla ibi superest damni suspicio.
  • VII.64 neque enim eam, aut quatenus materiale quiddam, aut quatenus societatis est studiosa, corrumpit.
  • VII.67 quodque etiamsi desperes dialecticae aut naturalis scientiae peritiam, nihil esse tamen quod animam despondeas, quasi liber et modestus fieri nequeas, et communitatis cultor, et obsequens Deo.
  • VII.70 imo, quod amplius est, omnimodam horum curam gerunt.curam gerere "to take care" takes the genitive of what is cared for: horum "of these", the wicked. omnimodus "of every kind" is a late Latin word, from omnis and modus.
  • VII.73 Ubi bene tu alicui fecisti, et beneficio ille affectus est, quid stultorum instar tertium quippiam ultra haec quaeras, puta, benefici hominis existimationem, aut beneficii accepti remunerationem?
  • VIII.1 Hoc etiam ad inanis gloriae studium minuendum conducit, quod vitam totam, eam saltem quae a juventute hactenus transiit, non potes praestare philosophice ductam.
  • VIII.8 at potes contumelia abstinere, potes voluptate et dolore superiorem te praestare, potes gloriolam nihili facere, potes stupidis et ingratis non succensere, imo et illorum curam gerere.imo "nay, more than that" corrects what was just said by going further, and et here means "even". curam gerere "to take care" takes a genitive of the person cared for: illorum curam "care of them".
  • VIII.10 Poenitentia est suiipsius reprehensio quaedam, ut qui utile aliquid omiserit.suiipsius is sui ipsius "of oneself" written as one word, as Gataker often joins a pronoun to ipse. It is an objective genitive: the self is what is reproached. quaedam "a certain, a kind of" makes the definition modest: "a sort of self-reproach". poenitentia (classical paenitentia) is the noun of the impersonal verb poenitet "it repents (me)".
  • VIII.25 alii nec brevem sui memoriam sunt consecuti; alii in fabulas abierunt; alii etiam e fabulis evanuerunt.
  • VIII.36 Ne confundat te vitae tuae totius cogitatio: neque animo simul complectere, quot qualesque molestias superventuras esse tibi verisimile sit.
  • VIII.41 Sensus impeditio, malum est naturae animalis.Sensus is genitive here (sēnsūs, 4th declension), not nominative: it depends on impeditio "the hindering", and names what is hindered, so "the hindering of sense". Nouns in -tio name an action; impeditio comes from impedio "hinder".
  • VIII.41 motus impeditio itidem ejusdem est malum.
  • VIII.41 mentis quoque perinde impeditio, naturae intellectivae malum est.
  • IX.1 quo a principio illa ad hanc rerum omnium ordinationem et adornationem se contulit, cum rationes quasdam rerum futurarum apud se concepisset, et facultates quasdam existentiarum, transmutationum, et successionum istiusmodi foecundas discrevisset.
  • IX.9 hinc apud irrationalia existunt examina, armenta, pullorum educationes, et quasi amores quidam.The verb comes first and its four subjects follow: "there arise swarms, herds…". pullorum educationes "rearings of young" has an objective genitive: the young are the ones reared. quasi … quidam "as it were … a kind of" both soften amores: animals do not love in the full sense, but something like it is there.
  • IX.29 sin tragice semet ostentarint, quis ad illorum imitationem me addixit?addicere is a word of the law courts: a judge "made over" a debtor to his creditor. "Who has bound me over to imitating them?" No court has condemned me to copy them. illorum is an objective genitive, "the imitation of them".
  • X.7 aut est enim elementorum, ex quibus concretum fuerat, dissipatio, aut conversio, quicquid est solidi in terram, quicquid aerii est in aerem;
  • X.8 memineris autem, prudentis nomen tibi denotare singularum rerum considerationem, animadversionemque sedulam.
  • X.8 unanimis nomen, exceptionem eorum omnium spontaneam, quae a natura communi fuerint assignata.
  • X.8 magnanimi vero, subvectionem mentis supra omnem lenem asperumve carnis affectum, supra gloriolam, supra mortem, et ejusmodi universa.
  • X.8 ad nominum autem istorum recordationem, multum conducet meminisse Deorum, quodque nolunt illi ratione praeditos ipsis adulari, sed similes ipsis fieri.
  • X.9 Mimus, bellum, terror, torpor, servitus, decreta illa sacra tua, ni caveas, expungent quotidie, quaecunque e studiosa rerum naturae contemplatione concepta in mente recondis.
  • X.9 oportet autem unumquodque ita et considerare et agere, ut et activa facultas consummetur, et contemplativa simul exerceatur, et fiducia ex certa rei cujusque scientia orta servetur, latens quidem, nec abscondita tamen.
  • X.9 tunc enim simplicitate, tunc gravitate frueris; tunc rei cujusque notitia distincta, quid ex natura sua existat, quem locum in mundo habeat, quam diu duratura sit, ex quibus conflata sit, quibus possit obvenire, qui dare eam et auferre possint.
  • X.12 Ecquis suspicionis usus est, cum quid fieri oporteat considerare praesto sit?
  • X.17 Aevi totius, et naturae totius cogitatio tibi crebro occurrat.aevi and naturae are objective genitives: they name what the thought is about, "the thought of all time and of all nature". totius is the genitive of totus, which ends in -ius in all three genders, like unius and solius.
  • X.34 foliola itidem, qui famam tui posthumam excepturi sunt.tui is the genitive of tu, not the adjective tuus: "the fame of you", your fame. posthumus means "coming after death".
  • X.38 siquidem membrorum istorum, absque forma quae ea cieat sistatque, non magis usus est, quam radii textrici, aut scriptori calami, aut aurigae flagelli.
  • XI.8 veruntamen hoc a societatis hujusce conditore Jove indultum sibi habet, quod ei liceat denuo coalescere, cui prius adhaeserat, et ad universi complementum locum recuperare suum.
  • XI.8 quem plantarum cultores dicere solent, confruticari quidem, sed non configurari.
  • XI.11 Si, quarum persecutio et fuga perturbat te, res eae ad te non accedunt, sed ad illas ipse quodammodo accedis, cum ipsae interim immotae maneant;
  • XI.15 simplicitatis vero affectatio tortuosa est.affectatio is "a striving after", and so "a put-on show"; simplicitatis is its object: "the affecting of simplicity". tortuosus "full of twists" is "crooked": a straightness that has to be acted is itself bent. Marcus's Greek word here is obscure, and Gataker renders it "crooked".
  • XI.18 praesertim vero, quas a decretis intus sitis necessitates perpetiantur: quantaque cum prudentiae opinione haec ipsa, in quibus delinquunt, agant.quanta … cum … opinione "with how great an opinion": the preposition stands between the adjective and its noun, a common order (as in magna cum cura). prudentiae is an objective genitive, "an opinion of (their own) wisdom": they think themselves wise in the very acts in which they go wrong.
  • XI.36 Voluntatis latro nullus est, inquit Epictetus.voluntatis is an objective genitive: "a robber of the will", one who would rob it. latro, latronis is a robber or bandit. voluntas here renders the Greek "prohairesis", the moral choice that Epictetus holds to be wholly our own: a thief can take your goods but never your will. The saying is in the Discourses (3.22).
  • XII.3 horum priora duo hactenus sunt tua, utpote quorum cura commissa est tibi. tertium tantummodo proprie tuum est.hactenus "so far (and no further)" is explained by the relative clause: they are yours only utpote quorum cura commissa est tibi "inasmuch as their care has been entrusted to you". utpote qui "as being one who" gives a reason; quorum is an objective genitive with cura, "the care of which". You look after body and breath as a steward, but they are not you; only tertium "the third", the mind, is proprie "properly" yours.
  • XII.5 vides enim, quod in hujus rei indagatione de jure cum Deo disceptas.
  • XII.9 In decretorum usu, pugili, non gladiatori similem esse te oportet.
  • XII.26 neque enim tam sanguinis aut seminis, quam mentis existit communio.
  • XII.27 fastus dein de fastus contemptu inflatus omnium est maxime intolerabilis.One spelling, two cases: the first fastus is nominative, the subject; the second is genitive (fastūs, 4th declension), depending on contemptu. fastus contemptus "contempt of pride" is humility, so the whole phrase is "pride puffed up over its contempt of pride": the man who is proud of not being proud. de with the ablative gives the cause, "over"; inflatus "puffed up" is the perfect participle of inflo.
  • XII.30 intellectus vero adversus contribulem suum peculiariter afficitur, eidemque consociatur, nec potest communionis appetitus prorsus revelli.The verb comes first and the subject, appetitus, stands in the middle: "nor can the desire for fellowship be wholly torn away". communionis is an objective genitive, the thing desired; revelli is the present passive infinitive of revello.