SUPINE: VERBAL NOUN
perfect participle stem + [-um] or [-u] (4th declension):
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1st Conjugation |
2nd Conjugation |
3rd Conjugation |
4th Conjugation |
| Nominativus |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
| Accusativus |
amat-um |
habit-um |
lect-um |
audit-um |
| Genetivus |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
| Dativus |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
| Ablativus |
amat-u |
habit-u |
lect-u |
audit-u |
NOTA BENE:
- ACCUSATIVE SUPINE: found only with verbs of motion, indicates the reason
for which the motion is done. Marcus ad Sextum eum [pulsatum] accedit.
Marcus came up to Sextus [to hit (for the purpose of hitting)] him.
- ABLATIVE SUPINE: found only as an ablative of respect with a few adjectives,
primarily: facilis, difficilis, mirabilis, etc. Marcus dicit, "Illud
facile dictu est, sed difficile factu." Marcus says,
"That is easy to say (in the saying), but difficult to do (in the
doing).
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