less peremptory than ăbītō. In Prohibitions the Imperative is not used in Classical prose, nor the Present Subjunctive in the Second person. Do not do this is therefore nē fēcĕrīs hōc or nōlī hōc făcĕrĕ.
For other ways of expressing Commands and Prohibitions, see §385.
VERBALS.
§ 192. Verbal Nouns.—These include (besides the Infinitive) the Supines and Gerunds, and they take the same construction as the Verb from which they are formed.
§ 193. Supines.—These are the Ace. and Abl. of Verbal Nouns in -ŭs (G. -ūs), the other cases of which are sometimes, but not always, found. Thus from audītŭs hearing we get audītum (Ace), audītū (Abl.).
§ 194. The Supine in -um denotes Purpose, and is used with Verbs which imply Motion: audītum ĕō Cĭcĕrōnem I-go to-hear (I-go a-hearing) Cicero.
This Supine is used with īrī, the Infinitive of ītŭr people go (see § 202), to form a Future Infinitive Passive: dīcĭt sē occīsum īrī he says that he will be killed, lit. that people-are-going to-kill him.
§ 195. The Supine in -ū is used after Adjectives: horrendum audītū fearful to-hear (in the hearing). For more see the Addendum.
§196. Gerunds.—This is the name given to the cases of a Neuter Noun in -dum, corresponding to the English -ing.
The Nominative is only used (in Classical Latin) from Intransitive Verbs, and with the meaning of Obligation: ĕundum est nōbīs there-is going for-us, that is, we must go.
Examples of the other cases are: aptŭs ad pingendum quick at painting (Acc), vĭă nŏcendi hostĭbŭs a-way of-doing-harm to-the-enemy (Gen.), sălūtem hŏmĭnĭbus dandō by-giving safety to-men (Abl.), scrībendō adfuērunt they were-present to-write, i.e. acted as secretaries (Dat.).
When the Verb would govern an Ace, the Gerundive is generally used instead of the Gerund. See § 198.
