- What is the purpose of the Latin supine?
- What is the ablative of supine?
- What declension is supine?
- What is supine in Dickinson Latin?
What is the purpose of the Latin supine?
The first supine is considered to be an old accusative of direction and is used with verbs indicating motion (going, sending) to indicate purpose. It is not used to express purpose with other types of verbs.
What is the ablative of supine?
The Supine is a verbal noun of the fourth declension, appearing only in the accusative singular (-um) and ablative singular (-ü) and limited to two usages. I.
What declension is supine?
The Supine belongs to the Fourth Declension, and is Neuter in gender. It looks amazingly (in the accusative singular) like the neuter accusative singular of the participle. In Classical Latin, it is found in only two of its cases: the accusative singular and the ablative singular. It has no plural forms at all.
What is supine in Dickinson Latin?
The supine is a verbal abstract of the 4th declension (§ 94. b), having no distinction of tense or person, and limited to two uses. (1) The form in -um is the Accusative of the End of Motion (§ 428. i).