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An infinitive is the part of a verb which is unaffected by person or number. In English this part of a verb is easily recognised as it is preceded by ‘to’. For example: ‘to call’. In...
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11 Ιουλ 2019 · Latin Infinitive Basics . When you look up a Latin verb in a Latin-English dictionary, you will see four entries (principal parts) for most verbs. The second entry—usually abbreviated "-are," "-ere," or "-ire"—is the infinitive.
The infinitive is a verbal noun that is not limited by a specific person or number (in-, “not”; -finitive, from finīre, “to put a limit or boundary on”). Often, the infinitive can be translated using the preposition “to”, as in “to love” or “to hear”.
In Latin, the infinitive is the second principal part of a verb. Look at the principal parts of these verbs. The infinitives are highlighted for you. You can see that there are four different possible endings of the infinitive: āre, ēre, ere, and īre.
An infinitive is the basic form of a verb, typically used without any inflections, that expresses an action or state of being. In Latin, infinitives serve as a non-finite verb form and are crucial for understanding how verbs function in sentences, particularly in different conjugations.
The Latin infinitive is the dative or locative case of such a noun 1 and was originally used to denote purpose; but it has in many constructions developed into a substitute for a finite verb. Hence the variety of its use.
As a noun it functions as a neuter, indeclinable noun; the infinitive form may be used as a neuter noun as a subject (nominative), predicate noun (nominative) and direct object (accusative). In Latin, the second principal part of the verb is the present active infinitive.
