[895.] For -rē in old Latin, see [134, 2]. The infinitive of fīō, become, ends in -rī, fī̆erī, with a passive ending ([789]); twice fīere (Enn. Laev.). An older form for -re is -se, found in esse, to be, ēsse, to eat, and their compounds. For velle, to wish (mālle, nōlle), see [166, 8]. In the perfect, eō, go, sometimes has -iisse in compounds ([766]), and in poetry, petō, go to, has rarely petiisse.
[896.] The present infinitive passive of verbs in -ere has the ending -ī; that of other verbs has -rī: as,
regī, capī; laudārī, monērī, audīrī. ferō, carry, has ferrī. The length of the ī is sometimes indicated by the spelling ei ([29, 2]): as, DAREI.
[897.] A longer form in -ier for -ī, and -rier for -rī, is common in old laws and dramatic verse, and occurs sometimes in other poetry: as, FIGIER, to be posted, GNOSCIER, to be read (inscr. 186 B.C.); dīcier, to be said, cūrārier, to be looked after (Plaut.); dominārier, to be lord paramount (Verg.).
[898.] The place of the perfect passive, future active, and future passive infinitive is supplied by a circumlocution, as seen in the paradigms. For the future perfect -āssere, see [887].
[899.] The gerundive stem is formed by adding -ndo-, nominative -ndus, -nda, -ndum, to the present stem: as,
dandus, stem dando-; regendus, capiendus; laudandus, monendus, audiendus. Verbs in -ere and -īre often have -undus, when not preceded by u or v, especially in formal style: as, capiundus; eō, go, always has eundum, and orior, rise, oriundus. For the adjective use, see [288]. The gerund is like the oblique cases of the neuter singular. For -bundus, see [289]; -cundus, [290].
[900.] The supine stem is formed by the suffix -tu-, which is often changed to -su- ([912]).