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161.5.

transire, transituros: notice the regular use of these two constructions side by side: the first verb (habebat in animo) expresses intention and has the simple compl. infin.; the second (existimabat) is a verb of thinking and takes the indir. disc. This is one of the most important distinctions in Latin Grammar.


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