LSP - 11 : Iūnō Herculem necāre vult.

Now is a good time to introduce the Infinitive Verb. Do you remember reading about the four forms of a Verb that you find in a Latin dictionary?

dormiō, dormīre, dormīvī, dormitum

dormiō : I sleep

dormīre : to sleep

dormīvī : I slept

dormitum : in order to sleep

Well, the second form - dormīre - means to sleep and is an Infinitive Verb. The infinitive usually appears alongside another Verb, as in I want to sleep, I am able to sleep, I decided to sleep, or We hold these things to be self evident.

In our story we learn that Juno wants to kill Hercules. We see the Irregular Verb volō, velle, voluī, - which means to wish or to will or to be willing alongside the infinitive necāre, to kill, to slay, to put to death.

Iūnō Herculem necāre vult.

necō, necāre, necāvī, necātum : to put to death

Latin, like other languages, has synonyms, so here is another way of saying much the same thing.

Iūnō Herculem interficere vult.

interficiō, interfere, interfēcī, interfectum : to kill

Now, read these two sentences.

Herculēs in cūnīs dormīre nōn vult. in scūtō dormīre vult.