Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, PART SECOND — SYNTAX, SYNTAX OF THE VERB, SUPINE, chapter 509

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[*] 509. The Supine in -um is used after verbs of motion to express purpose. It may take an object in the proper case:—

“quid est, īmusne sessum? etsī admonitum vēnimus tē, nōn flāgitātum ” (De Or. 3.17) , how now, shall we be seated? though we have come to remind, not to entreat you.
nūptum dare (collocāre), to give in marriage.
“vēnērunt questum iniūriās ” (Liv. 3.25) , they came to complain of wrongs.

[*] Note 1.--The supine in -um is especially common with eō , and with the passive infinitive īrī forms the future infinitive passive:—

fuēre cīvēs quī rem pūblicam perditum īrent (Sall. Cat. 36), there were citizens who went about to ruin the republic.

“sī scīret sē trucīdātum īrī ” (Div. 2.22) , if he (Pompey) had known that he was going to be murdered. [Rare except in Cicero. For the more usual way of expressing the future passive infinitive, see § 569. 3. a.]

[*] Note 2.--The supine in -um is occasionally used when motion is merely implied.

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