APFIVE Latin Deponent Participle Identification
Describe how Latin verbs and verbals function in context and contribute to the meaning of the text.
The participle ‘minatus’ in ‘supplicium minatus’ demonstrates which aspect of Latin verbal system?
Interim in iis qui ad me tamquam Christiani deferebantur hunc sum secutus modum. Interrogavi ipsos an essent Christiani. Confitentes iterum ac tertio interrogavi supplicium minatus: perseverantes duci iussi.
A
A deponent participle with active meaning despite passive form
B
An ablative absolute construction modifying the main verb
C
A gerundive expressing necessity of threatening punishment
D
A passive participle showing that punishment was threatened to Pliny
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