Noun and Adjective Forms of tlte Verb. ti) tertur, feruntur, traditur, person) j as,-
trloduntur
217
(only in the third
fertur Hom~rus caecus fuiase, Homer is said to nave been blind; carmina Arohiloohi oontum~lii8 referta esse traduntur, A.rchilochus'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 uuu blind.
Infinitive
with Adjeotives.
333. The Infinitive with Adjectives (except paratus, assu!tus, etc. ; see ยง 328, I) occurs only in poetry and post-Augustan prose writers; as,oontentus d~monstrasse, contented to have proved; audax omnia perpeti, bold for mduring 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 surr~xe mfhi, to think that to-day's sun rose with such evil omen for me! sed!re totos di~s in vnla, 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 cottidi~ Caesar Haeduos friimentum flAgitare, meanwhile Caesar was daily dema1zding grain of the Haedui. PARTICIPLES. Tenses of the Partioiple.
336. I. The tenses of the Participle, like those of the Infinitive (see ยง 270), express time not absolutely, but with reference to the verb upon w.hich the Participle depends.