Questions tagged [supinum]
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How to say “no one is worth to be believed (to) easily” with dignus+ supine?
The u-supine can connect with dignus like:
Nihil dignum dictu actum his consulibus (Livy; nothing worth saying/of mentioning was done ..)
But when I tried to use this pattern to say: "No one is ...
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Verb + dative/ablative-supine
According to A&G, the ablative supine with verbs is "extremely rare" and even the example given: pudet dictu is somewhat not regular since pudet is impersonal (as if it is almost an ...
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Why is the supine called “supine”?
I think I understand most Latin grammatical terms in relation to what seems to be their etymology in Latin: cases from nominare, accusare, genus, dare, auferre; tempora from praesens, perfectum; ...
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How is the supine related to the derived fourth declension noun?
I asked yesterday about the word venatu.
There was a good answer and good comments, but I want to ask a broader related question more specifically — especially due to TKR's comment.
I want to know how ...
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Can the supine ablative be used for motion?
I came across an Asterix translated into Latin.
In the first story page the village chief notices that Asterix and Obelix return from a hunt and says: Asterix atque Obelix venatu redeunt!
My question ...
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Is there a difference between the future participle and the supine accusative?
The purpose of motion can be expressed in several ways.
For example, I would consider the following essentially equivalent (did I forget something?):
Ille me salutatum Romam venit.
Ille me ...
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Can I use an instrument with the supine ablative of respect?
If a book is easy to write, I might say liber facilis est scriptu.
Here the supine ablative scriptu is an ablative of respect (ablativus respectus).
If I want to be more specific about my writing, I ...
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Can a supine verb have arguments?
Consider the following line from the Aeneid, Book VI:
nec credere quivi hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem.
Context: Aeneas has traveled into the underworld, and bumps into Dido, who he ...
