c) dicor, putor, existimor, judicor (in all persons); as,—­

    dicitur in Italiam venisse, he is said to have come into Italy;

    Romulus primus rex Romanorum fuisse putatur, Romulus is thought to
    have been the first king of the Romans.

  d) fertur, feruntur, traditur, traduntur (only in the third person);
  as,—­

    fertur Homerus caecus fuisse, Homer is said to have been blind;

    carmina Archilochi contumeliis referta esse traduntur, Archilochus’s
    poems are reported to have been full of abuse.

NOTE.—­In compound tenses and periphrastic forms, the last two classes of verbs, c), d), more commonly take the impersonal construction; as—­

    traditum est Homerum caecum fuisse, the story goes that Homer was
    blind.

Infinitive with Adjectives.

333.  The Infinitive with Adjectives (except paratus, assuetus, etc.; see Sec. 328, 1) occurs only in poetry and post-Augustan prose writers; as,—­

    contentus demonstrasse, contented to have proved;

    audax omnia perpeti, bold for enduring everything.

Infinitive in Exclamations.

334.  The Infinitive is used in Exclamations implying scorn, indignation, or regret.  An intensive -ne is often attached to some word in the clause.  Examples:—­

    huncine solem tam nigrum surrexe mihi, to think that to-day’s sun rose
    with such evil omen for me!

    sedere totos dies in villa, to stay whole days at the villa.

Historical Infinitive.

335.  The Infinitive is often used in historical narrative instead of the Imperfect Indicative.  The Subject stands in the Nominative; as,—­

    interim cottidie Caesar Haeduos frumentum flagitare, meanwhile Caesar
    was daily demanding grain of the Haedui.

PARTICIPLES.

Tenses of the Participle.

336. 1.  The tenses of the Participle, like those of the infinitive (see Sec. 270), express time not absolutely, but with reference to the verb upon which the Participle depends.

2.  The Present Participle denotes action contemporary with that of the verb.  Thus:—­

    audio te loquentem = you ARE speaking and I hear you;

    audiebam te loquentem = you WERE speaking and I heard you;

    audiam te loquentem = you WILL BE speaking and I shall hear you.

  a.  The Present Participle is sometimes employed with Conative force;
  as,—­

    assurgentem regem resupinat, as the king was trying to rise, he threw
    him down.

3.  The Perfect Passive Participle denotes action prior to that of the verb.  Thus:—­

    locutus taceo = I HAVE spoken and am silent;