[PW] A Latin "stumper"

[Dan Clinton]

intrantibus "to those coming in" (dative/ablative plural of the
present participle)

Dan Clinton / Census / Suitland MD
who knows that verbs DO have a dative -- verbal nouns and adjectives
decline, of course

On 10/31/07, Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD <pzi at ingerman.org> wrote:
> Well, to start with, verbs don't have "dative".  That's a property of a
> declension, not a conjugation.
>
> Peter Ingerman
>
> Mark Allan wrote:
>
> >Greetings!
> >
> >A patron is looking for what he thinks is the dative plural for the
> >latin word "to enter." Specifically, he wants to post a plate at his
> >front door with the phrase "To those who enter" in latin. Intrare
> >seems to be the verb he is looking for, any help with the conjugation
> >and phrase?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Mark
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