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——§ 148 % SYNTAX.—SUPINES. 287Dat. Perpetiendo labori idoneus ;— capcssenda? reipublicce habilis;— nati^srmserias ferendo ;— ad miserias ferendas; — oneri ferendo aptus.Ace. and Ab. Ad defendendam Romam ;— ab oppugnando Capuam ;— adcollocandum signa ;— in diripiendis castris.709. Obs. T. Instead of the gerundive in the genitive plural, to agreewith a noun in that case, the gerund in the genitive singular is often retained,probably for the sake of Euphony; as, Fuit exempt drum eligendipotestas. Cic. Facultas agrorum condonandi ; sui (pi.) condouandi,instead of eligenddrum, condonandorum. Also, sometimes whenthe noun is singular and feminine ; as, ej u s (fern.) videndi cupidus. Ter.710.— Obs. 8. The gerunds of verbs, which do not govern the accusative,are never changed into the gerundive, except those of medeor, utor,abator, fruor, fungor, and potior ; as, spes potiundi urbe, or potiundee urbis ;but we always say, Cupidus subveniendi tibi, never tui.711.— Obs. 9. After esse, fore, the gerund and the gerundive in thegenitive (364), are used, to express tendency to a thing, or serving a certainpurpose ; as, Regium imperium initio conservandce libertatis, atqueaugendcB reipublu-ce fu er at. Sall., Cat. VI, "The regal government atSi st had served the pyarpose of preserving liberty, and iricreasing the state,"[Aiebaut] e a prodend i imperii Romdni, tr ad en dee Hannibdli victorueesse, They •' said that these things had a tendency to betray the Romangovernment, and to give the victory to Hannibal." Liv. Quum qnimadvertissetplerdque dis so I vend drum religionum esse, " When he hadperceived that most of them tended to destroy religion." Liv.712.§ 148. CONSTRUCTION OF SUPINES.1. The Supine in um.Kule LXIII. The supine in um is putafter a verb of motion ;Abiit deambuldtum,as,He hath gone to walk.So, Duclre cohortes prceddtum. Lrv. Nunc venis irrlsum dominum?Quod in rem tuam optimum factu arbitror, te id admonitum venio. Plaut.713.— Obs. 1. The supine in um is elegantly joined with the verb eo,to express the signification of any verb more strongly ; as, it he perditum,the same with id dgit, or operam dat, ut se perdat, " he is bent on his owndestruction."' Ter. So, ut perdUum eatis=ut perddtis ; ereptum eunt,=eripiunt. Sail. This supine with Iri, taken impersonally, supplies theplace of the future infinitive passive; as, an credebas Mam sine tudopera "iri deductum domum ? Which may be thus resolved ;an credebasIri {a te, or ab all quo) deductum (i. e. ad deducendu m) Mam do*mum. Ter. The supine here may be considered as a verbal substantivegoverning the accusative, like the gerund.