LATN 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Verbal Noun, Gerund, Infinitive
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Infinitive - verbal noun: no personal ending. Lab r re d be . (i ought to work: ex. Optatne tac re? (does he desire to be silent?) Perfect active infinitive: adds -isse to perfect stem. Infinitive am visse (to have loved) monuisse (to have advised) r xisse (to have ruled) aud visse (to have heard) Future active infinitive: combines future active participle w/ sum infinitive. Infinitive am t rus (-a, um) esse (to be about to love) monit rus (-a, um) esse (to be about to advise) r ct rus (-a, um) esse (to be about to rule) aud t rus (-a, um) esse (to be about to hear) Infinitive use: as a noun: when used as noun, it"s considered n. & sg, common as subject or subject complement of sum, ex. Am re est bonum (to love is good/loving is good: both latin infinitives can be translated w/ infinitive or gerund (loving, seeing)
