Latin - Dative case of nouns

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Used for nouns that are to or for something.

For example:

terram ecclesie do – I give land to the church.

The verb is ‘I give’ (do). ‘land’ is the object – it is in the accusative. ecclesie, meaning ‘to the church’, is in the dative.

solvimus decem solidos carte – We pay 10 shillings for a charter.

‘for a charter’ is in the dative