New Latin Grammar, page 239 by Charles E. Bennett
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said to have been blind_;
carmina ArchilochÄ« contumÄ“liÄ«s referta esse trÄduntur, _Archilochus's poems are reported to have been full of abuse_.
NOTE.--In compound tenses and periphrastic forms, the last two classes of verbs, c), d), more commonly take the impersonal construction; as--
trÄditum est HomÄ“rum caecum fuisse, the story goes that Homer was blind.
Infinitive with Adjectives.
333. The Infinitive with Adjectives (except parÄtus, assuÄ“tus, etc.; see § 328, 1) occurs only in poetry and post-Augustan prose writers; as,--
contentus dÄ“mÅnstrÄsse, _contented to have proved_;
audÄx omnia perpetÄ«, bold for enduring everything.
Infinitive in Exclamations.
334. The Infinitive is used in Exclamations implying scorn, indignation, or regret. An intensive -ne is often attached to some word in the clause. Examples:--
huncine sÅlem tam nigrum surrÄ“xe mihi, _to think that to-day's sun rose with such evil omen for me!_
sedÄ“re tÅtÅs diÄ“s in vÄ«llÄ, to stay whole days at the villa.
Historical Infinitive.
335. The Infinitive is often used in historical narrative instead of the Imperfect Indicative. The Subject stands in the Nominative; as,--
interim cottÄ«diÄ“ Caesar HaeduÅs frÅ«mentum flÄgitÄre, meanwhile Caesar was daily demanding grain of the Haedui.
PARTICIPLES.
Tenses of the Participle.
336. 1. The tenses of the Participle, like those of the infinitive (see § 270), express time not absolutely, but with reference to the verb upon which the Participle depends.
2. The Present Participle denotes action contemporary with that of the verb. Thus:--
audiÅ tÄ&ldqu