Expertlatin
- How do you determine a perfect active participle?
- What is an example of a deponent verb?
- What is an active participle?
How do you determine a perfect active participle?
The tense of a participle is always relative to that of the main verb. A present participle refers to action contemporaneous with that of the main verb (whether the main verb is past, present or future). A perfect participle refers to action prior to that of the main verb.
What is an example of a deponent verb?
When a Latin verb is passive in form, but has an active meaning, it is called a deponent verb. For example: sequor, sequi, secutus sum (3) means 'to follow' and not 'to be followed'. Even though it appears to be passive, it is translated with an active meaning and can have an object following it.
What is an active participle?
Noun. active participle (plural active participles) (grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb.
