LATN 281/332: Sallust Spring Semester 2008 Dr. Jacqueline Long

Verb-form	Person or Substantive-attributes1	Number (if any)	Tense	Voice	Mood or Part of Speech2	Sense in Context	Construction3
student	3	pl.	pres.	act.	indic.	are eager	verb of relative clause of fact
praestare	(neut., n/a)	(n/a)	pres.	act.	infin.	surpass	infinitive verb of indirect statement (subject, sese) dependent on student
niti	(neut., n/a)	(n/a)	pres.	act.	infin.	strive	infinitive verb of indirect statement (subject, omnis homines) dependent on decet
decet	3	sing.	pres.	act.	indic.	it is fitting	main verb of the whole sentence - statement of fact
transeant	3	pl.	pres.	act.	subj.	go through	verb of negative purpose clause dependent on niti
finxit	3	sing.	pf.	act.	indic.	has fashioned	verb of relative clause of fact

¹Finite verbs have person, among other attributes, non-finite verbs don't: so if the form is a finite one, give the person, but if it's a non-finite form like a participle or an infinitive, use this box to state what gender and case it has (gender and case are attributes of a substantive; number, which is an attribute of both substantives and verbs, here gets a box of its own).

²Finite verbs have mood, among other attributes, non-finite verbs don't: so if the form is a finite one, give the mood, but if it's a non-finite form like a participle or an infinitive, use this box to state what part of speech it is.

³"Construction" asks you to indicate briefly why the verb takes the form that it takes, in order to tell you what the sentence is using it to tell you: what type of clause, participial phrase, etc., is the verb-form helping to create in this sentence?

Revised 12 January 2008 by jlong1@luc.edu
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