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[@Dedonus] So in all of those you would almost have an implied "esse"... 
I will paint the house (to be) purple.
The roman people elected our friend (to be) consul.
The Romans considered Romulus (to be) a god.
I don't know why but it makes me think kind of like an indirect statement... The infinitive and all the accusatives.
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Yes.  It is kind of like an indirect statement.  The problem is that in Latin 101, we haven't taught them about indirect statements yet. :D