Note 3- With all these adjectives the poets often use the Infinitive in the same sense. He is not pleasant for any man to look at or address.ĭifficilis ad distinguendum similitūdō (De Or.

Nec vīsū facilis nec dictū adfābilis ūllī. But with facilis, difficilis, and iūcundus, ad with the gerund is more common. Note 2- The supine in -ū is found especially with such adjectives as indicate an effect on the senses or the feelings, and those which denote ease, difficulty, and the like. Note 1- The supine in -ū is thus in appearance an Ablative of Specification ( § 418). You see it is a sin to say that such an old age was wretched. Vidētis nefās esse dictū miseram fuisse tālem senectūtem. 2.63)Ī thing not only shocking to see, but even to hear of Rem nōn modo vīsū foedam, sed etiam audītū (Phil. The supine in -ū 1 is used with a few adjectives and with the nouns fās, nefās, and opus, to denote an action in reference to which the quality is asserted. Note 2- The supine in -um is occasionally used when motion is merely implied.ĥ10. If he (Pompey) had known that he was going to be murdered There were citizens who went about to ruin the republic. Note 1- The supine in -um is especially common with eō, and with the passive infinitive īrī forms the future infinitive passive.įuēre cīvēs quī rem pūblicam perditum īrent. How now, shall we be seated? Though we have come to remind, not to entreat you. Quid est, īmusne ses sum? Etsī admonitum vēnimus tē, nōn flāgitātum. It may take an object in the proper case. The supine in -um is used after verbs of motion to express purpose. (2) The form in -ü is usually Dative of Purpose ( § 382), but the ablative was early confused with it.ĥ09. (1) The form in -um is the Accusative of the End of Motion ( § 428. b), having no distinction of tense or person, and limited to two uses. The supine is a verbal abstract of the 4th declension ( § 94.

Infinitive latin endings