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?
Cupidus sum patriae videndae
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Re: Cupidus sum patriae videndae
Ita.
Cupidus sum patriae videndae = uolō patriam vidērī (i.e., uolō patriam vidēre)
Cupidus sum patriae videndae = uolō patriam vidērī (i.e., uolō patriam vidēre)
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Re: Cupidus sum patriae videndae
videre et videri non eadem res sunt!
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Re: Cupidus sum patriae videndae
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.
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nunc plane liquet
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Re: Cupidus sum patriae videndae
Gratias tibi ago.