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| "active" < ago, agere, egi, actum, do, act | "passive" < patior, pati, passus sum endure, "suffer," bear |
| "agent" < ago [present active participle base "agent-"], "one who acts" | "patient" < patior [present active participle base "patient-"], "one who 'suffers'" |
The subject = performer (agent) of action
The object = recipient (patient) of action
The subject = recipient (patient) of action
Word in predicate = performer (agent) of action
| Active | Passive | |
| subject | performer | recipient |
| obj./predicate | recipient | performer |
ablative of personal agent: a / ab + abl.
ablative of means or instrument: abl. (no prep.), with active or passive verb
(Wheelock pp. 372-373)
8. Tyrannus hanc urbem delebat.
9. Haec urbs a tyranno delebatur; insidiis delebitur.
10. Ab amicis movebatur; consiliis eorum movebatur.
11. Viribus hominum non delemur, sed possumus insidiis deleri.