Latin Vocab
gaudium, -i n.
joy, gladness
duty
officium
sustineo
1st / sg / pres / act / ind
potest continere
he is able to hold together
Changing the final -e to an -i. In the 3rd conjugation, the -ere changes to an -i.
contineo, -ere, -ui, -tentum
to hold together, restrain, bound
guard, garrison
praesidium
monere
pres / act / inf
iubeo nuntium currere
I order the messenger to run
What is an infinitive phrase? Used with what verbs?
infinitive with an accusative subject. used with iubeo, cogo, and prohibeo
inquam, inquis, inquit, inquiunt
say
be present, be near
adsum, adesse, afui, adfuturus
potuerunt
3rd / pl / perf / act / ind
Coegit hominem laborare.
He forced the man to work.
what is a complementary infinitive, and what verbs use it?
possum, constituo, debeo, audeo -- verbs that require another verb in the infinitive form to complete their meaning
tergum, -i n.
order, bid, command
iubeo, iubere
cepi
pres / pass / inf
Consul civibus, "Non debemus," inquit, "discedere a nostro officio.
My villa is two miles away from the city.
How do Romans express how far something goes or for how long an action lasts?
accusative extent of space, accusative duration of time (accusative case)
absum, abesse, afui, afuturus
be absent, be distant, be away
to be able, can
possum, posse, potui, ---
potueris
2nd / sg / fut. perf. / ind / act
Principes qui novas res cupiebant civitatem relinquere coacti sunt.
The chiefs who were desiring revolution were forced to leave behind the state.
genitive of the whole, or partitive genitive