174. The forms of the Present Infinitive, active and passive, are as follows:
CONJ. PRES. PRES. INFINITIVE PRES. INFINITIVE STEM ACTIVE PASSIVE
I. ama:- ama:’re, ama:’ri:, to love to be loved II. mone:- mone:’re, mone:’ri:, to advise to be advised III. rege- re’gere, re’gi:, to rule to be ruled cape- ca’pere ca’pi:, to take to be taken IV. audi:- audi:’re, audi:ri:, to hear to be heard
1. Observe that to form the
present active infinitive we add -re to
the present stem.
a. The present infinitive of sum\ is esse\. There is no passive.
2. Observe that the present
passive infinitive is formed from the
active by changing final -e to -i:, except in the
third
conjugation, which changes final -ere to -i:.
3. Give the active and passive
present infinitives of doceo\,
sedeo\, volo\, curo\, mitto\, duco\,
munio\, reperio\, iacio\,
rapio\.
175. The forms of the Present Imperative, active and passive, are as follows:
ACTIVE[1] PASSIVE
CONJ. SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR
PLURAL
I. a’ma: ama:’te ama:’re,
ama:’mini:,
be thou loved
be ye loved
II. mo’ne: mone:’te mone:’re,
mone:’mini:,
be thou advised
be ye advised
III. re’ge re’gite re’gere,
regi’mini:,
be thou ruled
be ye ruled
ca’pe ca’pite ca’pere,
capi’mini:,
be thou taken
be ye taken
IV. au’di: audi:’te audi:’re,
audi:’mini:,
be thou heard
be ye heard
1. Observe that the second person singular of the present passive imperative is like the present active infinitive, and that both singular and plural are like the second person singular[2] and plural, respectively, of the present passive indicative.
2. Give the present imperative,
both active and passive, of the verbs
in Sec. 174.3.
[Footnote 1: For the
sake of comparison the active is repeated from
Sec. 161.]
[Footnote 2: That is,
using the personal ending -re. A form like
ama:re\ may be either _indicative_,
_infinitive_, or _imperative_.]
176. EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 289.
I. 1. Tum Perseus alis ad terras multas volabit. 2. Monstrum saevum per aquas properat et mox agros nostros vastabit. 3. Si autem Cepheus ad oraculum properabit, oraculum ita respondebit. 4. Quis telis Persei superabitur? Multa monstra telis eius superabuntur. 5. Cum curis magnis et lacrimis multis agricolae ex domiciliis caris aguntur. 6. Multa loca vastabantur et multa oppida delebantur. 7. Monstrum est validum, tamen superabitur. 8. Credesne semper verbis oraculi? Ego iis non semper credam. 9. Parebitne Cepheus oraculo? Verba oraculi ei persuadebunt. 10. Si non fugiemus, oppidum capietur et oppidani necabuntur. 11. Vocate pueros et narrate fabulam claram de monstro saevo.