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§458. Infinitive Mood

A Predicate Noun or Adjective after a complementary infinitive takes the case of the subject of the main verb:—

  • fierīque studēbam êius prūdentiā doctior (Lael. 1), I was eager to become more wise through his wisdom.
  • sciō quam soleās esse occupātus (Fam. 16.21.7), I know how busy you usually are (are wont to be).
  • brovis esse labōrō, obscūrus fīō; (Hor. A. P. 25), I struggle to be brief, I become obscure.

Infinitive with Subject Accusative

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.