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Identifying Genitive Gerunds
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Describe how Latin verbs and verbals function in context and contribute to the meaning of the text.

In the phrase ‘Et mihi discendi et tibi docendi facultatem otium praebet,’ what grammatical construction do ‘discendi’ and ‘docendi’ represent?

Et mihi discendi et tibi docendi facultatem otium praebet. Igitur perquam velim scire, esse phantasmata et habere propriam figuram numenque aliquod putes an inania et vana ex metu nostro imaginem accipere. Ego ut esse credam in primis eo ducor, quod audio accidisse Curtio Rufo. Tenuis adhuc et obscurus, obtinenti Africam comes haeserat. Inclinato die spatiabatur in porticu; offertur ei mulieris figura humana grandior pulchriorque. Perterrito Africam se futurorum praenuntiam dixit: iturum enim Romam honoresque gesturum, atque etiam cum summo imperio in eandem provinciam reversurum, ibique moriturum. Facta sunt omnia.

A

Gerundives agreeing with facultatem in case and number

B

Present participles in the genitive case

C

Infinitives used as substantives in the genitive

D

Objective genitive gerunds modifying facultatem

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