καταπατεῖσθαι (katapateisthai) in Matthew 5:13: Verb Present Passive Infinitive

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal relationship in the clause.

Present: read the tense and aspect from this occurrence, with the sentence controlling the exact force.

Passive: voice should be read from the morphology label and clause context.

Infinitive: mood should serve the sentence rather than override it.

Person: not directly marked in this non-finite form.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Number: read number only where the morphology label marks it.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

By men

The second infinitive in Matthew 5:13

Names the continued outcome of discarded salt being trampled.

Do not turn the trampling image into a detailed allegory of every hostile response.

Medium: trampling image

Passive trampling infinitive. adds the trampling outcome. Attached to by men. Governed by the second infinitive in Matthew 5:13. Read with and trampled under foot by men.

What happens to the discarded salt? It is trampled underfoot in the image.

Direct: The form supports to be trampled.

This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:13, not as a standalone word study.

The witness reads καταπατεῖσθαι in Matthew 5:13.

The lemma means to trample underfoot, and here it describes what happens to discarded salt.

The infinitive is coordinated with the prior passive infinitive and completes the disposal picture.

Jesus pictures useless salt as thrown out and trampled, intensifying the warning.

The form supports the warning about lost witness without exceeding the image.

Use it to explain the second half of the outcome: the salt is not restored to use but trampled.

Do not derive a full doctrine of persecution or judgment from this infinitive alone.