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audeo, dare; studeo, contendo, strive; pard, prepare (so paratus) ; in~ipio, coepi, instituo, begin; pergd, continuÂŤ ; desino, desisto, cease; possum, can; conor, try;
matiiro, festino, propero, contendo, hasten ; assuAsco, consu~sco, accustom myself (so assuetue, insuAtus, asauefactua) ; disco, learn ; scio, know how; soled, am wont; as,-
tii hos intued audes, do you dare to look on these men ? Demosthenes ad fliictiis maris decHimare solebat, Demosthenes used to declaim by the waves of the sea. 2. A Predicate Noun or Adjective with these Infinitives is attracted into the Nominative; as,-
beatus esse sine virtiite nemo potest, no one can be happy wlthout virtue; Cato esse quam videri bonus mlilebat, Cato preferred to be good rather than to seem so. Infinitive with Subject Accusative.
329. This is used chiefly as Subject or Object but also as Predicate or Appositive. A.
As SubJect.
330. The Infinitive with Subject Accusative (like the simple Infinitive) is used as Subject with esse and Impersonal verbs, particularly with aequum est, iitile est, turpe est, fama est, spes est, fas est, nefas est, opus est, necesse est, oportet, constat, praestat, licet,
etc., as,-
nihil in bello oportet contemni, nothi1lg ought to bedespised in war; apertum est sibi quemque natiira esse carum, it is manifest that by nature everybody is dear to lzz"mselj'. B.
As ObJect.
331. The Infinitive with Subject Accusative is used as Object after the following classes of verbs:I. Most frequently after verbs of saying, thi-nking, knowing-, perceiving, and the like (Verba Smtiendf et Dlcliirandf). This is the