The Latin has no Present Participle in the passive.

The place of such a form is supplied usually by a clause with dum or cum :— obiēre dum calciantur mātūtīnō duo Caesarēs (Plin. N. H. 7.181), two Cæsars died while having their shoes put on in the morning. mēque ista dēlectant cum Latīnē dīcuntur (Acad. 1.18) , those things please me when they are spoken in Latin. These constructions are often used when a participle might be employed:— dīc, hospes, Spartae nōs tē hīc vīdisse iacentīs, dum sānctīs patriae lēgibus obsequimur (Tusc. 1.101) , tell it, stranger , at Sparta , that you saw us lying here obedient to our country's sacred laws. [Here dum obsequimur is a translation of the Greek present participle πειθόμενοι .] dum [Ulixēs] sibi, dum sociīs reditum parat (Hor. Ep. 1.2.21) , Ulysses , while securing the return of himself and his companions. [In Greek: ἀρνύμενος .]

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