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e.;;276 SYNTAX.—MOODS. § 144or express an affirmation ; with a subject, it always does. In the firstease, it comes under the regimen of the verb, either alone as a verbalnoun, or with tfte words dependiDg upon it, as a substantive phrase. Inthe second, it comes under its regimen, only in connection with its subject,as a distinct, though dependent proposition, or substantive clause. Hence,all that belongs to the construction of this mood, may be comprised inwhat relates to the use of it, in these two ways.§ 144. I. THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT A SUBJECT.659.—The infinitive without a subject, may be regarded as averbal noun in the singular number, neuter gender (271), andin form indeclinable, but differing from all other nouns, inasmuchas it involves the idea of time, and has all the power ofgoverning that belongs to the verb. The character of the infinitiveas a noun, is manifest from its being used in almostevery way that a noun is. It is used,1. As the nominative to a verb; as, invider e (invidia) non cadit insapientem. Didicisse fi.deliter artes emollit triores. Ov. Utinam emorifortunis meis honestus ex it us esset; or as the nominative after thee rri ; bene vivere est bis vivere.verb ; as, slve illud er at sine fun eref2. As a case in apposition to a preceding nominative ; as, res erat spectaculo digna, v id ere Xerxem,