| they are of the following types: |
| - The accusative and infinitive construction |
| Me pudet hoc a meo filio factum esse. |
| - The participle construction |
| Video Marcum scribentem. |
| - The ablative absolute |
| Mortuo Caesare, Antonius locutus est ad populum Romanum. |
| - The gerundive construction expressing a purpose |
| Mihi legendus est ille liber. |
| Nunc merum bibendum est. |
| - The supine |
| Venio salutatum. Facile dictu. |
| N.B. |
| Reflexive pronoun (sui, sibi, se) Possessive adjective (suus -a -um) Possessive pronoun (ejus, eorum -arum -orum) |
| Antonius loquitur cum Petro et cum fratre suo (=Antonii). Antonius loquitur cum Petro et cum fratre ejus (=Petri). Julius servum suum videt. Dominus ejus est Julius. Multis mendaciis Paulus effecit ut omnes sibi crederent. Tam multa mendacia dicit Paulus ut nemo ei iam credat. |
| a. in the main clause |
| The reflexive pronoun always refers to the subject . |
| b. in subordinate clauses |
| b1. The reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of the main clause when the subordinate clause expresses a thought or the will of the subject of the main clause, such as |
| -- Accusative with infinitive construction |
| -- Indirect questions |
| -- Purpose clauses |
| -- Clauses with the objective ut after verbs expressing will. |
| b2. The reflexive pronoun refers to the subject of the subordinate clause, when the latter indicates an objective fact such as |
| -- Result clause |
| -- Temporal clause |
Source: Milena Minkova "Introduction to Latin Prose Composition",
Wimbledon Publishing Company, London:2001.