Supines

Supines

HEY YOU GUYS I'M GONNA TEACH YOU ABOUT SUPINES

Pay attention and Answer the Questions!

I'll give you a handout after the lesson with all of this stuff in it. You will have continued access. For now, just focus!

Some Basics

Not as good as Zaxby's toast, but is anything really?

Supines are verbal nouns.

Gerunds and Infinitives are also verbal nouns.

Supines are VERY defective

They exist in two forms of the 4th declension:

--> the accusative singular (-um)

--> the ablative singular (-ū)

They look like a 4th pp, so there will be a -t- or -s- immediately preceding the ending.

exempla: amatum, venitū, cessum, mansū

Multiple Select

Which of the following could be a supine?

• auditus

• venitum

• cursū

• rogati

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is a supine?

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

Multiple Select

Which 3 are nouns?

• gerunds

• gerundives

• infinitives

• participles

• supines

The supine in -um

* to express purpose

** part of the future passive infinitive

Ripley sat still to watch the squirrel and to think about chasing it.

I think that she is about to be disappointed.

Expressing Purpose with the Supine

• after verbs of motion (ire and venire, especially)

• there are lots of different common supines in -um (cubitum, dormitum, sessum, venatum, rogatum, etc.)

• look for a -tum or -sum word that doesn't agree with anything else (cf. gerunds)

Exempla

Legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium.

They send envoys to Caesar to ask/for the purpose of asking for help.

Stultitia est venatum ducere invitas canes.

It is folly to lead unwilling dogs to hunt/for the purpose of hunting.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best translates "Marcus cubitum ivit."?

• Marcus went to bed.

• Marcus goes to bed.

• Marcus went and rested.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best translation of "Caesar ad Galliam superatum vēnit."?

• Caesar conquers Gaul in order to overcome.

• Caesar came to Gaul to conquer.

• Caesar conquered in Gaul.

• Caesar wanted to conquer in Gaul.

Future Passive Infinitive

the supine in -um is used with the present passive form iri to form

ex: saltum iri - to be about to jump

[4th pp in -um + iri]

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a future passive infinitive?

• cessus iri

• auditus iri

• cessu iri

• auditum iri

The Supine in -ū

Solid dog drawing!

Even rarer than in -um!

• used with certain adjectives of value (mirabile, horribile, facile, difficile, and the nouns fas, nefas, and opus

• expresses an abl. of respect/specification

• mirabile visu! --> wonderful to see! (MV!)

• fas est dictu --> this is the right thing to say

• nihil dignum auditu --> nothing worthy of hearing/to hear

Multiple Choice

Which supine is rarer/less common?

• supine in -um

• supine in -ū