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PARTICIPLES - The Latin Library
PARTICIPLESA participle is a form of a verb used as an adjective. The participle may be active or passive, but will always agree in number, case, and gender with the noun that it active participle has a present tense meaning:Active: The man saw the running horse / Vir equum currentem passive participle has a past tense meaning:Passive: The man saw the captured slave / Vir virum captum participle, like any other adjective, must agree with the noun it modifies in number, case, and gender. But the participle also has attributes of tense and voice: running is present active; captured ( , having been captured ) is perfect passive. Because the participle retains verbal force, it may govern a direct object: We saw Hercules drinking the wine: Vidimus Herculem vinum bibentem.
PARTICIPLES A participle is a form of a verb used as an adjective. The participle may be active or passive, but will always agree in number, case, and gender with the noun that it …
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