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Chapter 25 – Infinitives • In syntax, a transitive verb is a verb that requires both a subject and one or more objects. Mary sees John. • an intransitive verb has a subject but does not have an object. For example, in English, the verbs sleep, die, and swim, are intransitive. The cup broke. Chapter 25 – Infinitives In Latin, most transitive verbs have six infinitives: 1. Present Active 2. Present Passive 3. Future Active 4. Future Passive 5. Perfect Active 6. Perfect Passive Intransitive verbs lack the passive. Chapter 25 – Infinitives You have already learned the present active & present passive infinitives: Present active = laudare Present passive = laudarī Chapter 25 – Infinitives Active Passive Present Laudāre Laudārī Perfect Laudāvisse Laudātus, a, um esse Future Laudātum īrī Laudātūrus, a, um esse Chapter 25 – Infinitives Active Passive Present Agere, to lead Agī, to be led Perfect ēgisse, to have led āctus, a, um esse, to have been led Future āctūrus, a , um āctum īrī, to be esse, to be about about to be led to lead Chapter 25 – Infinitives As a verbal noun, an infinitive can function in a variety of ways: As a subject: Errāre est humānum. To err is human. As a compliment to verbs like possum and dēbeō: Discēdere nunc possunt. The infinitive, with its own accusative subject, can also serve as a direct object: Iussit eōs venīre.
