Questions tagged [passive-voice]
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"cenacula dicuntur, ad quae scalis ascenditur" - why passive singular (ascenditur)?
According to Festus (can be found in L&S under cenaculum):
cenacula dicuntur, ad quae scalis ascenditur
While the overall meaning of the statement is quite clear (namely that the upper room that were accessible by stairs are called cenacula), I…
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Passive form of "One can not know"
This is an exercise in a book: We are asked to translate "one" using the passive voice for several sentences. Unfortunately, the exercise is not corrected.
One of those sentences is "One can not know." (actually the sentence is in French: "On ne…
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Use of the passive voice in the verb exerceo
I am doing a lesson and the sentence and caption is as follows:
Robustus est quia exercetur.
Which seems intended to mean "He is strong because he trains." However, I don't understand why they would put exercetur in the passive voice. I would have…
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Sapiens dominabitur astris — is it not Passive voice?
I'm trying to find the correct translation of the phrase Sapiens dominabitur astris.
Or, perhaps, an explanation why it is not Passive voice.
The phrase is usually translated as
The wise [man] will rule/prevail over the stars.
However,…
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Why is ferebatur used instead of movebat in Gen. 1:2?
In the Douay-Rheims Baile, Gen. 1:2 is given as:
Terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.
The translation of the last clause is given as, "and the spirit of God moved over the waters". …
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