The passive forms of videre to see can pattern with a variety of structures, which are exemplified below.
1. As the verb of a passive sentence pattern; often with abl of agent expressed.
Caesar a militibus videtur. Caesar is seen by his men.
Multi tradunt caedem Caesaris a senatu Romano visam esse. Many (authors) relate that Caesar’s murder was seen by the Roman senate
2. As a linking verb with the meaning ‘seem’; often patterns with a dative of reference
Militibus Caesar bonus dux videtur. To his soldiers Caesar seems a good leader.
Tarquinii putaverunt Lucretiam castissimam omnium uxorum videri. The Tarquinians thought that Lucretia seemed the most respectable of all the wives.
3. With a complementary infinitive, with the meaning ‘seem’; also often w/dat of reference
Statua Dianae ex aere facta esse videtur. The statue of Diana seems to have been made from bronze.
Neque mihi videtur haec multitudo cognoscere ex me causam voluisse. And this crowd does not seem to me to have wanted to learn the case from me.
4. With an AcI clause as Subject, with the meaning ‘it seems that’; also often w/dat of reference
Statuam Dianae ex aere factam esse videtur. It seems that the statue of Dianae was made from bronze.
Mihi non videtur hanc multitudinem cognoscere ex me causam voluisse. It doesn’t seem to me that this crowd wanted to understand the case from me.