vulnerantur

Vulnerantur is a Latin verb form meaning “they are wounded” or “they are being wounded.” It is the present passive indicative, third person plural, of vulnerare, a first-conjugation verb meaning “to wound.” The corresponding active form is vulnerant (“they wound”). The infinitive is vulnerari (“to be wounded”), and the perfect passive participle is vulneratus, -a, -um (“wounded”). The noun vulnus, vulneris, from which the verb derives, refers to a wound or injury.

Morphology and usage: In Latin, vulnerable or wounded subjects take the passive endings, so vulnerantur aligns with a plural subject in the present tense. The agent of the action can be expressed with a prepositional phrase using a/ab plus the ablative (for example, ab inimicis, “by the enemies”) or inferred from context. In contrast, the active counterpart vulnerant means “they wound” and is used when the subject performs the action.

Examples: Milites vulnerantur ab inimicis. Translation: The soldiers are wounded by the enemies. In proelio multi vulnerantur. Translation: In battle, many are wounded.

Related forms: Vulneror (I am wounded), vulneraris (you are wounded), vulneratur (he/she/it is wounded) in the singular, and vulnerantem, vulnerantes in different participial or clause constructions. The root vulnus underlies related terms such as vulnus, vulnerāre, and vulnerātus, which appear in medical, military, and literary Latin contexts.

Summary: Vulnerantur is a standard Latin passive form used to describe people or things that suffer wounds, with clear active, infinitive, and participial counterparts, and common mediating agents introduced by ab/a in the ablative.