Supines and infinitives

Question 1

what is a supine?

Answer 1

Verbal noun from the 4th principle part: e.g., vocatus

Accusative: (-um) after verbs denoting motion and purpose e.g., letter was sent to ask for help

Ablative: (-u) after neuter adjectives (commonly) e.g., dictu: to say

Question 2

What is the infinitive?

Answer 2

2nd p.p: to be
e.g., amare = to love

Question 3

What does the present active infinitive look like?

Answer 3

amare: to love

formation: 2nd p.p are,ēre, ere, īre

to…

Question 4

what does the present passive infinitive look like?

Answer 4

amari: to be loved

formation: ari, ēri, ī, īrī

to be…

Question 5

what does the perfect active infinitive look like?

Answer 5

amavisse: to have loved

formation: 3rd p.p (remove the i) add isse

to have…ed

Question 6

what does the perfect passive infinitive look like?

Answer 6

amvesse: to have been loved

formation: 4th p.p plus esse

to have been…

Question 7

what does the future active infinitive look like?

Answer 7

amaturus: to be going to love

4th p.p endings in urus

to be going to..

Question 8

What are the four uses of the infintitive?

Answer 8

1. Subjunctive e.g., errare est humanum = to err is human
2. objective e.g., femina iubet filium exire = the women orders her son to leave
3. complementary - completes the meaning
   e.g., femina errare noliut = the. women did not want to make a mistake.
4. indirect statement
   e.g., femina dicit fillum exre = her son is leaving.