[@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.
Edit: Ugh you edit-ninja'd me. But yes, I find that English grammar sticks SOO much better when we've covered it in Latin. And I have little idea of how the parts of speech actually WORK in English. I mean, I use decent grammar, but lolwhatsapredicate.