Cupidus sum patriae videndae

[pmda]

In LLPSI Orberg scripsit:

Ego vero, etsi cupidus sum patriae videndae, officium meum praestabo sicut ceteri milites Romani, quorum magnus numerus in Germania est.

Nonne 'patriae videndae' genitivus gerundivum est?

[Craig_Thomas]

Ita.

Cupidus sum patriae videndae = uolō patriam vidērī (i.e., uolō patriam vidēre)

[MatthaeusLatinus]

videre et videri non eadem res sunt!

[Craig_Thomas]

They aren't, but they express the same thing here. Cupidus sum patriae videndae means "I want my homeland to be seen". Obviously, the homeland is to be seen ā mē, and so this is equivalent to an active sentence like uolō patriam meam vidēre.

[MatthaeusLatinus]

nunc plane liquet

[pmda]

Gratias tibi ago.