Chapter 46

(a.)cōnstruī ā deō atque aedificārī mundum facit,DN.1, 19,he represents the world being put together and built by the gods. (b.)poētae impendēre saxum Tantalō faciunt,TD.4, 35,the poets represent a rock hanging over Tantalus. Rarely the participle (2298) and the infinitive are united: as,Polyphēmum Homērus cum ariete conloquentem facit eiusque laudāre fortūnās,TD.5, 115,Homer represents Polyphemus chatting with the ram and his envy of the ram’s estate. But the perfect infinitive active must be used when the action is to be distinctly marked as completed, for lack of a perfect active participle: as,fēcit Dolābella Verrem accēpisse,V.1, 100,Dolabella represented Verres as having received.


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