SOME RULES OF SYNTAX (CONTINUED) (e) THE INFINITIVE MOOD This mood partakes of the character of both verb and noun. Hence it may itself be a subject or an object of another verb, or may have a subject or an object. See Lesson 15. (1) For an example of the infinitive as the subject of a verb see Rom. 7:18. (2) For an example of the infinitive as an object see Phil. 2:6, where εἰ̂ ναι is used as a noun with the article τό, both being the object of ἡγήσατο. (3) When the subject of the infinitive