Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 490

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[*] 490. The Present Participle has several of the special uses of the Present Indicative. Thus it may denote—

An action continued in the present but begun in the past (§ 466):

“quaerentī mihiiam diū certa rēs nūlla veniēbat in mentem” (Fam. 4.13) . though I had long sought, no certain thing came to my mind.

Attempted action (§ 467):—

“C. Flāminiō restitit agrum Pīcentem dīvidentī” (Cat. M. 11) , he resisted Flaminius when attempting to divide the Picene territory.

Rarely (in poetry and later Latin) futurity or purpose, with a verb of motion:—

“Eurypylumscītantemōrācula mittimus ” (Aen. 2.114) , we send Eurypylus to consult the oracle. [Cf. § 468.]

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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