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—:——§ 57 THE VERB.—FIRST CONJUGATION. 123Infinitives, after verbs of the present, past, and future tenser, arerendered as in the examples, ISO, or according to the followingrules ;viz.Rule I.When the preceding verb is of the present or futuretense, the present infinitive is translated as the present indicative ;the perfect infinitive, as the perfect indicative ; and the future infinitive,as the future indicative. 180, Nos. 1, 4, 7; also 3, 6, 9.Rule. II. When the preceding verb is in past time (i. e. inthe imperfect, perfect, or 'pluperfect tense), the present infinitiveis translated as the imperfect, or jwfeci indicative ; the perfectinfinitive, as the pluperfect indicative ; and the future infinitive,as the imperfect subjunctive. 180, Nos. 2, 5,-8.Rule III.The future perfect of the infinitive with a subject,is alivays translated as the pluperfect subjunctive, whatever be thetense of the preceding verb. 180, Nos. 10, 11, 12.4. According to the preceding rules, and the examples referred to, translatethe following sentences into English— observing that die it, "he says,"is present time; dixit, "he said," past; and dlcet, "he will say,"future.Licit me vocare,—te amare,—nos amavisse,—vos amaturosesse,— nos amaturos fuisse,— illos domare,— te amaturumesse,—illos rogaturos esse,—homines rogaturos fuisse.Dixit me vocare,— te amare,—nos amavisse,.—nos amaturosesse,— nos amaturos fuisse,—vos domare,— te amaturumesse,—ilium rogavisse,— -vos rogare,—illam rogattiram esse.Dixit nos vocare ; dlcet ilium creare ; elicit te creaturumesse; dixit se amaturum (179, Note 1); dlcit illos creaturos,—iliumvocaturum,—vos domituros esse,— domiturosfuisse,—me rogare,—te rogavisse.—vos rogaturos, &c.5. Translate the follovnng English into Latin, taking care to put theparticiple of the futurethe accusative preceding it.infinitive in the same gender, number, and case, asHe said that I loved,—that I was calling. He says thatthey will tame—that I would have created,—that they willcall,—that he loves. He will say that I love,—that I haveloved,—that I wall love. He said that I had called,—thatthey w^ould have called,—that they tamec\—that they wouldtame,—that he would have tamed. He says that I am asking,—that they are asking,— that they are calling,— that we didcall,—that they do ask,—that we will ask, &c.