VERBS OF HOPING, PROMISING, AND THREATENING.

2186. The accusative with the future infinitive is used with verbs of

hoping, promising, and threatening: as,

#id sēsē effectūrōs spērābant#, 7, 26, 2, _they hoped to carry it out_.

#pollicentur sēsē ē̆ī dēditūrōs#, 5, 20, 2, _they volunteer to surrender

to him_. But sometimes the present infinitive alone: see 2236.

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