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Why is the infinitive used instead of a genitive gerund (e.g. "consilium ceperunt ex oppido profugere")?
There are long discussions of the gerund/gerundive in Pinkster 3.17 and 5.42. The general takeaway is that the gerund/gerundives usually are preferred not to be used either as a subject (nominative) ...
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