Latin Level 2, Unit 5: Participles. Core vocabulary, forms, and short example sentences for this unit. Front: the Latin word or form. Back: English meaning (brief grammatical note in parentheses where useful, e.g. case or conjugation).
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- amans, amantis
- loving (present active participle of amo)
- What does a present active participle describe, in terms of timing relative to the main verb?
- An action happening at the same time as the main verb
- amatus, amata, amatum
- having been loved (perfect passive participle of amo)
- What does a perfect passive participle describe, in terms of timing and voice?
- A completed action done to the noun it modifies (passive, prior time)
- visus, visa, visum
- having been seen (perfect passive participle of video)
- What Latin participle type expresses an action about to happen, formed with '-urus'?
- The future active participle
- amaturus, amatura, amaturum
- about to love / going to love (future active participle)
- What Latin construction combines a noun and a participle, both in the ablative case, to express time or circumstance?
- The ablative absolute
- Urbe capta, cives fugerunt
- The city having been captured, the citizens fled (ablative absolute example)
- What part of speech is a participle, combining features of a verb and an adjective?
- A verbal adjective
- What must a participle agree with, since it functions partly as an adjective?
- The noun it modifies, in gender, number, and case
- faciens, facientis
- doing / making (present active participle of facio)
- factus, facta, factum
- having been done/made (perfect passive participle of facio)
- ducens, ducentis
- leading (present active participle of duco)
- ductus, ducta, ductum
- having been led (perfect passive participle of duco)
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