Gertrude the Great

On Grace

Latin Grammar: Passive Infinitives

Teipso igitur teste, vero desiderio te laudari, et grates referri, eo quod incontinentissima pietas tua se meae indignitati non subtraxit, et etiam in eo desidero te laudari, ut aliqui ista legentes in dulcedine pietatis tuae delectentur, et inde tracti in intimis suis ampliora experiantur, sicut per alphabetum ad logicam perveniunt quandoque studentes, sic per istas velut depictas imaginationes ducantur ad gustandum intra se manna illud absconditum, quod nulla corporearum imaginationum admixtione valet partiri, sed solus qui edit adhuc esurit.

This passage contains several passive infinitives.  To review this construction, complete the following chart--based on some of the passive infinitives from the passage above-- changing the active infinitives given to passive infinitives, and giving the translation for each.  The first one is done for you.

Active InfinitiveTranslation Passive InfinitiveTranslation
1. amare to love amari to be loved
2. laudare
3. referre
4. partire
5. ire

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