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For questions about participles, such as "amans", "amatus" and "amaturus" from the verb "amare".

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What do the future active participle "editurus" and the gerundive or gerund "scribendum" mea...

When I was trying to find information to answer ktm5124's question about “anticipātiō, anticipātiōnis”, I came across a passage that I am not advanced enough to understand fully. I'd like to ask for …
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Unde "-cundus"?

I have learned that there is a suffix -cundus, found in words like fecundus, jucundus/jocundus, and rubicundus, which means something like "full of" or "characterized by." It seems to often be mention …
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What is the difference in meaning/usage between "nasciturus" and "nascendus"?

"needing to be born", but I don't understand the Latin participle system well enough to be sure. Research I found a passage in Ars by (pseudo?) …
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When are -ns words used with accusative direct objects?

But it doesn't seem to be necessary to analyze "bibentem" as an adjective here; the English translation uses the verbal participle "drinking" the same way. …
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How can participles (inflected forms) be distinguished from deverbal adjectives (derived for...

participle or a deverbal adjective. … a participle or a deverbal adjective.) …
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Is the U long or short in the forms ussi and ustus of the verb ūro?

To me, it also seems plausible to suppose that the past participle could have gained a long vowel by analogy with the present stem. … Italian comburere has re-formed both the perfect (to comburei) and the past participle (to comburuto). …
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