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New Latin Grammar

by Charles E. Bennett

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Part II Inflections

10. The Parts of Speech in Latin are the same as in English, viz. Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections; but the Latin has no article.

11. Of these eight parts of speech the first four are capable of Inflection, i.e. of undergoing change of form to express modifications of meaning. In case of Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns, this process is called Declension; in case of verbs, Conjugation.


Chapter I — Declension

A. Nouns

12. A Noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or quality; as, Caesar, Caesar; Rōma, Rome; penna, feather; virtūs, courage.

1. Nouns are either Proper or Common. Proper nouns are permanent names of persons or places; as, Caesar, Rōma. Other nouns are Common: as, penna, virtūs.

2. Nouns are also distinguished as Concrete or Abstract.

a) Concrete nouns are those which designate individual objects; as, mōns, mountain; pēs, foot; diēs, day; mēns, mind.

Under concrete nouns are included, also, collective nouns; as, legiō, legion; comitātus, retinue.

b) Abstract nouns designate qualities; as, cōnstantia, steadfastness; paupertās, poverty.

GENDER OF NOUNS.

13. There are three Genders,—Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. Gender in Latin is either natural or grammatical.

Natural Gender.

14. The gender of nouns is natural when it is based upon sex. Natural gender is confined entirely to names of persons; and these are—

1. Masculine, if they denote males; as,—

nauta, sailor; agricola, farmer.

2. Feminine, if they denote females; as,—

māter, mother; rēgīna, queen.

Grammatical Gender.

15. Grammatical gender is determined not by sex, but by the general signification of the word, or the ending of its Nominative Singular. By grammatical gender, nouns denoting things or qualities are often Masculine or Feminine, simply by virtue of their signification or the ending of the Nominative Singular. The following are the general principles for determining grammatical gender:—

A. Gender determined by Signification.

1. Names of Rivers, Winds, and Months are Masculine; as,—

Sēquana, Seine; Eurus, east wind; Aprīlis, April.

2. Names of Trees, and such names of Towns and Islands as end in -us, are Feminine; as,—

quercus, oak; Corinthus, Corinth; Rhodus, Rhodes.

Other names of towns and islands follow the gender of their endings (see B, below); as,—

Delphī, n.; Leuctra, n.; Tībur, n.; Carthāgō, f.

3. Indeclinable nouns, also infinitives and phrases, are Neuter; as,—

nihil, nothing; nefās, wrong; amāre, to love.

NOTE.—Exceptions to the above principles sometimes occur; as, Allia (the river), f.

B. Gender determined by Ending of Nominative Singular.

The gender of other nouns is determined by the ending of the Nominative Singular.11

NOTE 1.—Common Gender. Certain nouns are sometimes Masculine, sometimes Feminine. Thus, sacerdōs may mean either priest or priestess, and is Masculine or Feminine accordingly. So also cīvis, citizen; parēns, parent; etc. The gender of such nouns is said to be common.

NOTE 2.—Names of animals usually have grammatical gender, according to the ending of the Nominative Singular, but the one form may designate either the male or female; as, ānser, m., goose or gander. So vulpēs, f., fox; aquīla, f., eagle.

NUMBER.

16. The Latin has two Numbers,—the Singular and Plural. The Singular denotes one object, the Plural, more than one.

CASES.

17. There are six Cases in Latin:—

Nominative,Case of Subject;
Genitive,Objective with of, or Possessive;
Dative,Objective with to or for;
Accusative,Case of Direct Object;
Vocative,Case of Address;
Ablative,Objective with by, from, in, with.

1. LOCATIVE. Vestiges of another case, the Locative (denoting place where), occur in names of towns and in a few other words.

2. OBLIQUE CASES. The Genitive, Dative, Accusative, and Ablative are called Oblique Cases.

3. STEM AND CASE-ENDINGS. The different cases are formed by appending certain case-endings to a fundamental part called the Stem.12 Thus, portam (Accusative Singular) is formed by adding the case-ending -m to the stem porta-. But in most cases the final vowel of the stem has coalesced so closely with the actual case-ending that the latter has become more or less obscured. The apparent case-ending thus resulting is called a termination.

THE FIVE DECLENSIONS.

18. There are five Declensions in Latin, distinguished from each other by the final letter of the Stem, and also by the Termination of the Genitive Singular, as follows:—

DECLENSION.FINAL LETTER OF STEM.GEN. TERMINATION.
Firstā-ae
Secondŏ-ī
Thirdĭ / Some consonant-īs
Fourthŭ-ūs
Fifthē-ēī / -ĕī

Cases Alike in Form

19. 1. The Vocative is regularly like the Nominative, except in the singular of nouns in -us of the Second Declension.

2. The Dative and Ablative Plural are always alike.

3. In Neuters the Accusative and Nominative are always alike, and in the Plural end in -ă.

4. In the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Declensions, the Accusative Plural is regularly like the Nominative.


FIRST DECLENSION.

ā-Stems

20. Pure Latin nouns of the First Declension regularly end, in the Nominative Singular, in -ă, weakened from -ā, and are of the Feminine Gender. They are declined as follows:—

Porta, gate; stem, portā-.

SINGULAR.
CASES.MEANINGS.TERMINATIONS.
Nom.portaa gate (as subject)-ă
Gen.portaeof a gate-ae
Dat.portaeto or for a gate-ae
Acc.portama gate (as object)-am
Voc.portaO gate!-ă
Abl.portāwith, by, from, in a gate-ā
PLURAL.
Nom.portaegates (as subject)-ae
Gen.portārumof gates-ārum
Dat.portīsto or for gates-īs
Acc.portāsgates (as object)-ās
Voc.portaeO gates!-ae
Abl.portīswith, by, from, in gates-īs

1. The Latin has no article, and porta may mean either a gate or the gate; and in the Plural, gates or the gates.

Peculiarities of Nouns of the First Declension

21. 1. EXCEPTIONS IN GENDER. Nouns denoting males are Masculine; as, nauta, sailor; agricola, farmer; also, Hadria, Adriatic Sea.

2. Rare Case-Endings,—

a) An old form of the Genitive Singular in -ās is preserved in the combination pater familiās, father of a family; also in māter familiās, fīlius familiās, fīlia familiās. But the regular form of the Genitive in -ae is also admissible in these expressions; as, pater familiae.

b) In poetry a Genitive in -āī also occurs; as, aulāī.

c) The Locative Singular ends in -ae; as, Rōmae, at Rome.

d) A Genitive Plural in -um instead of -ārum sometimes occurs; as, Dardanidum instead of Dardanidārum. This termination -um is not a contraction of -ārum, but represents an entirely different case-ending.

e) Instead of the regular ending -īs, we usually find -ābus in the Dative and Ablative Plural of dea, goddess, and fīlia, daughter, especially when it is important to distinguish these nouns from the corresponding forms of deus, god, and fīlius, son. A few other words sometimes have the same peculiarity; as, lībertābus (from līberta, freedwoman), equābus (mares), to avoid confusion with lībertīs (from lībertus, freedman) and equīs (from equus, horse).

Greek Nouns

22. These end in -ē (Feminine); -ās and -ēs (Masculine). In the Plural they are declined like regular Latin nouns of the First Declension. In the Singular they are declined as follows:—

Archiās, Archias.Epitomē, epitome.Comētēs, comet.
Nom.Archiāsepitomēcomētēs
Gen.Archiaeepitomēscomētae
Dat.Archiaeepitomaecomētae
Acc.Archiam (or -ān)epitomēncomētēn
Voc.Archiāepitomēcomētē (or -ă)
Abl.Archiāepitomēcomētē (or -ā)

1. But most Greek nouns in -ē become regular Latin nouns in -a, and are declined like porta; as, grammatica, grammar; mūsica, music; rhētorica, rhetoric.

2. Some other peculiarities occur, especially in poetry.


SECOND DECLENSION.

ŏ-Stems

23. Pure Latin nouns of the Second Declension end in -us, -er, -ir, Masculine; -um, Neuter. Originally -us in the Nominative of the Masculine was -os; and -um of the Neuters -om. So also in the Accusative.

Nouns in -us and -um are declined as follows:—

Hortus, garden; stem, hortŏ-.Bellum, war; stem, bellŏ-.
SINGULAR.
TERMINATION.TERMINATION.
Nom.hortus-usbellum-um
Gen.hortī-ībellī-ī
Dat.hortō-ōbellō-ō
Acc.hortum-umbellum-um
Voc.horte-ebellum-um
Abl.hortō-ōbellō-ō
PLURAL.
Nom.hortī-ībella-a
Gen.hortōrum-ōrumbellōrum-ōrum
Dat.hortīs-īsbellīs-īs
Acc.hortōs-ōsbella-a
Voc.hortī-ībella-a
Abl.hortīs-īsbellīs-īs

Nouns in -er and -ir are declined as follows:—

Puer, boy; stem, puerŏ-Ager, field; stem, agrŏ-Vir, man; stem, virŏ-
SINGULAR.TERMINATION.
Nom.pueragervirWanting
Gen.puerīagrīvirī-ī
Dat.puerōagrōvirō-ō
Acc.puerumagrumvirum-um
Voc.pueragervirWanting
Abl.puerōagrōvirō-ō
PLURAL.
Nom.puerīagrīvirī-ī
Gen.puerōrumagrōrumvirōrum-ōrum
Dat.puerīsagrīsvirīs-īs
Acc.puerōsagrōsvirōs-ōs
Voc.puerīagrīvirī-ī
Abl.puerīsagrīsvirīs-īs

1. Note that in words of the type of puer and vir the final vowel of the stem has disappeared in the Nominative and Vocative Singular.

In the Nominative and Vocative Singular of ager, the stem is further modified by the development of e before r.

2. The following nouns in -er are declined like puer: adulter, adulterer; gener, son-in-law; Līber, Bacchus; socer, father-in-law; vesper, evening; and compounds in -fer and -ger, as signifer, armiger.

Nouns in -Vus, -Vum, -Quus

24. Nouns ending in the Nominative Singular in -vus, -vum, -quus, exhibited two types of inflection in the classical Latin,—an earlier and a later,—as follows:—

Earlier Inflection (including Caesar and Cicero).
Servos, m., slave.Aevom, n., age.Equos, m., horse.
SINGULAR.
Nom.servosaevomequos
Gen.servīaevīequī
Dat.servōaevōequō
Acc.servomaevomequom
Voc.serveaevomeque
Abl.servōaevōequō
Later inflection (after Cicero).
SINGULAR.
Nom.servusaevumequus
Gen.servīaevīequī
Dat.servōaevōequō
Act.servumaevumequum
Voc.serveaevumeque
Abl.servōaevōequō

1. The Plural of these nouns is regular, and always uniform.

Peculiarities of Inflection in the Second Declension

25. 1. Proper names in -ius regularly form the Genitive Singular in -ī (instead of -iī), and the Vocative Singular in -ī (for -ie); as Vergílī, of Virgil, or O Virgil (instead of Vergiliī, Vergilie). In such words the accent stands upon the penult, even though that be short. Nouns in -ajus, -ejus form the Gen. in -aī, -eī, as Pompejus, Pompeī.

2. Nouns in -ius and -ium, until after the beginning of the reign of Augustus (31 B.C.), regularly formed the Genitive Singular in -i (instead of -iī); as,—

Nom.ingeniumfīlius
Gen.ingénīfīlī

These Genitives accent the penult, even when it is short.

3. Fīlius forms the Vocative Singular in -ī (for -ie); viz. fīlī, O son!

4. Deus, god, lacks the Vocative Singular. The Plural is inflected as follows:—

Nom.dī(deī)
Gen.deōrum(deum)
Dat.dīs(deīs)
Acc.deōs
Voc.dī(deī)
Abl.dīs(deīs)

5. The Locative Singular ends in -ī; as, Corinthī, at Corinth.

6. The Genitive Plural has -um, instead of -ōrum,—

a) in words denoting money and measure; as, talentum, of talents; modium, of pecks; sēstertium, of sesterces.

b) in duumvir, triumvir, decemvir; as, duumvirum.

c) sometimes in other words; as, līberum, of the children; socium, of the allies.

Exceptions to Gender in the Second Declension

26. 1. The following nouns in -us are Feminine by exception:—

a) Names of towns, islands, trees—according to the general rule laid down in § 15, 2; also some names of countries; as Aegyptus, Egypt.

b) Five special words,—

alvus, belly;
carbasus, flax;
colus, distaff;
humus, ground;
vannus, winnowing-fan.

c) A few Greek Feminines; as,—

atomus, atom;
diphthongus, diphthong.

2. The following nouns in -us are Neuter:—

pelagus, sea;
vīrus, poison;
vulgus, crowd.

Greek Nouns of the Second Declension

27. These end in -os, -ōs, Masculine or Feminine; and -on, Neuter. They are mainly proper names, and are declined as follows:—

Barbitos, m. and f., lyre.Androgeōs, m., Androgeos.Īlion, n., Troy.
Nom.barbitosAndrogeōsĪlion
Gen.barbitīAndrogeō, -īĪliī
Dat.barbitōAndrogeōĪliō
Acc.barbitonAndrogeō, -ōnĪlion
Voc.barbiteAndrogeōsĪlion
Abl.barbitōAndrogeōĪliō

1. Nouns in -os sometimes form the Accusative Singular in -um instead of -on; as, Dēlum, Delos.

2. The Plural of Greek nouns, when it occurs, is usually regular.

3. For other rare forms of Greek nouns the lexicon may be consulted.


THIRD DECLENSION.

28. Nouns of the Third Declension end in -a, -e, -ī, -ō, -y, -c, -l, -n, -r, -s, -t, -x. The Third Declension includes several distinct classes of Stems,—

I.Pure Consonant-Stems.
II.ĭ-Stems.
III.Consonant-Stems which have partially adapted themselves to the inflection of ĭ-Stems.
IV.A very few stems ending in a long vowel or a diphthong.
V.Irregular Nouns.

I. Consonant-Stems

29. 1. In these the stem appears in its unaltered form in all the oblique cases, so that the actual case-endings may be clearly recognized.

2. Consonant-Stems fall into several natural subdivisions, according as the stem ends in a Mute, Liquid, Nasal, or Spirant.

A. Mute-Stems.

30. Mute-Stems may end,—

1. In a Labial (p); as, prīncep-s.

2. In a Guttural (g or c); as, rēmex (rēmeg-s); dux (duc-s).

3. In a Dental (d or t); as, lapis (lapid-s); mīles (mīlet-s).

1. STEMS IN A LABIAL MUTE (p).

31. Prīnceps, m., chief.

SINGULAR.TERMINATION.
Nom.prīnceps-s
Gen.prīncipis-is
Dat.prīncipī-ī
Acc.prīncipem-em
Voc.prīnceps-s
Abl.prīncipe-e
PLURAL.
Nom.prīncipēs-ēs
Gen.prīncipum-um
Dat.prīncipibus-ibus
Acc.prīncipēs-ēs
Voc.prīncipēs-ēs
Abl.prīncipibus-ibus

2. STEMS IN A GUTTURAL MUTE (g, c).

32. In these the termination -s of the Nominative Singular unites with the guttural, thus producing -x.

Rēmex, m., rower.Dux, c., leader.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Nom.rēmexrēmigēsduxducēs
Gen.rēmigisrēmigumducisducum
Dat.rēmigīrēmigibusducīducibus
Acc.rēmigemrēmigēsducemducēs
Voc.rēmexrēmigēsduxducēs
Abl.rēmigerēmigibusduceducibus

3. STEMS IN A DENTAL MUTE (d, t).

33. In these the final d or t of the stem disappears in the Nominative Singular before the ending -s.

Lapis, m., stone.Mīles, m., soldier.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Nom.lapislapidēsmīlesmīlitēs
Gen.lapidislapidummīlitismīlitum
Dat.lapidīlapidibusmīlitīmīlitibus
Acc.lapidemlapidēsmīlitemmīlitēs
Voc.lapislapidēsmīlesmīlitēs
Abl.lapidelapidibusmīlitemīlitibus

B. Liquid Stems.

34. These end in -l or -r.

Vigil, m., watchman.Victor, m., conqueror.Aequor, n., sea.
SINGULAR.
Nom.vigilvictoraequor
Gen.vigilisvictōrisaequoris
Dat.vigilīvictōrīaequorī
Acc.vigilemvictōremaequor
Voc.vigilvictoraequor
Abl.vigilevictōreaequore
PLURAL.
Nom.vigilēsvictōrēsaequora
Gen.vigilumvictōrumaequorum
Dat.vigilibusvictōribusaequoribus
Acc.vigilēsvictōrēsaequora
Voc.vigilēsvictōrēsaequora
Abl.vigilibusvictōribusaequoribus

1. Masculine and Feminine stems ending in a liquid form the Nominative and Vocative Singular without termination.

2. The termination is also lacking in the Nominative, Accusative and Vocative Singular of all neuters of the Third Declension.

C. Nasal Stems.

35. These end in -n,13 which often disappears in the Nom. Sing.

Leō, m., lion.Nōmen, n., name
SINGULAR.PLURAL.SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Nom.leōleōnēsnōmennōmina
Gen.leōnisleōnumnōminisnōminum
Dat.leōnīleōnibusnōminīnōminibus
Acc.leōnemleōnēsnōmennōmina
Voc.leōleōnēsnōmennōmina
Abl.leōneleōnibusnōminenōminibus

D. s-Stems.

36.

Mōs, m. custom.Genus, n., race.Honor, m., honor.
SINGULAR.
Nom.mōsgenushonor
Gen.mōrisgenerishonōris
Dat.mōrīgenerīhonōrī
Acc.mōremgenushonōrem
Voc.mōsgenushonor
Abl.mōregenerehonōre
PLURAL.
Nom.mōrēsgenerahonōrēs
Gen.mōrumgenerumhonōrum
Dat.mōribusgeneribushonōribus
Acc.mōrēsgenerahonōrēs
Voc.mōrēsgenerahonōrēs
Abl.mōribusgeneribushonōribus

1. Note that the final s of the stem becomes r (between vowels) in the oblique cases. In many words (honor, color, and the like) the r of the oblique cases has, by analogy, crept into the Nominative, displacing the earlier s, though the forms honōs, colōs, etc., also occur, particularly in early Latin and in poetry.

II. ĭ-Stems

A. Masculine and Feminine ĭ-Stems.

37. These regularly end in -is in the Nominative Singular, and always have -ium in the Genitive Plural. Originally the Accusative Singular ended in -im, the Ablative Singular in -ī, and the Accusative Plural in -īs; but these endings have been largely displaced by -em, -e, and -ēs, the endings of Consonant-Stems.

38.

Tussis, f., cough; stem, tussi-.Īgnis, m., fire; stem, īgni-.Hostis, c., enemy; stem, hosti-.
SINGULAR.TERMINATION.
Nom.tussisīgnishostis-is
Gen.tussisīgnishostis-is
Dat.tussīīgnīhostī-ī
Acc.tussimīgnemhostem-im, -em
Voc.tussisīgnishostis-is
Abl.tussīīgnī or ehoste-ī, -e
PLURAL.
Nom.tussēsīgnēshostēs-ēs
Gen.tussiumīgniumhostium-ium
Dat.tussibusīgnibushostibus-ibus
Acc.tussīs or -ēsīgnīs or -ēshostīs or -ēs-īs, -ēs
Voc.tussēsīgnēshostēs-ēs
Abl.tussibusīgnibushostibus-ibus

1. To the same class belong—

apis, bee.crātis, hurdle.†*secūris, axe.
auris, ear.*febris, fever.sēmentis, sowing.
avis, bird.orbis, circle.†*sitis, thirst.
axis, axle.ovis, sheep.torris, brand.
*būris, plough-beam.pelvis, basin.†*turris, tower.
clāvis, key.puppis, stern.trudis, pole.
collis, hill.restis, rope.vectis, lever.
and many others.

Words marked with a star regularly have Acc. -im; those marked with a † regularly have Abl. -ī. Of the others, many at times show -im and -ī. Town and river names in -is regularly have -im, -ī.

2. Not all nouns in -is are ĭ-Stems. Some are genuine consonant-stems, and have the regular consonant terminations throughout, notably, canis, dog; juvenis, youth.14

3. Some genuine ĭ-Stems have become disguised in the Nominative Singular; as, pars, part, for par(ti)s; anas, duck, for ana(ti)s; so also mors, death; dōs, dowry; nox, night; sors, lot; mēns, mind; ars, art; gēns, tribe; and some others.

B. Neuter ĭ-Stems.

39. These end in the Nominative Singular in -e, -al, and -ar. They always have -ī in the Ablative Singular, -ia in the Nominative, Accusative, and Vocative Plural, and -ium in the Genitive Plural, thus holding more steadfastly to the i-character than do Masculine and Feminine ĭ-Stems.

Sedile, seat;
stem, sedīli-.
Animal, animal;
stem, animāli-.
Calcar, spur;
stem, calcāri-.
SINGULAR.TERMINATION.
Nom.sedīleanimalcalcar-e or wanting
Gen.sedīlisanimāliscalcāris-is
Dat.sedīlīanimālīcalcārī-ī
Acc.sedīleanimalcalcar-e or wanting
Voc.sedīleanimalcalcar-e or wanting
Abl.sedīlīanimālīcalcārī-ī
PLURAL.
Nom.sedīliaanimāliacalcāria-ia
Gen.sedīliumanimāliumcalcārium-ium
Dat.sedīlibusanimālibuscalcāribus-ibus
Acc.sedīliaanimāliacalcāria-ia
Voc.sedīliaanimāliacalcāria-ia
Abl.sedīlibusanimālibuscalcāribus-ibus

1. In most words of this class the final -i of the stem is lost in the Nominative Singular; in others it appears as -e.

2. Proper names in -e form the Ablative Singular in -e; as, Sōracte, Mt. Soracte; so also sometimes mare, sea.

III. Consonant-Stems That Have Partially Adapted Themselves to the Inflection of ĭ-Stems

40. Many Consonant-Stems have so far adapted themselves to the inflection of ĭ-stems as to take -ium in the Genitive Plural, and -īs in the Accusative Plural. Their true character as Consonant-Stems, however, is shown by the fact that they never take -im in the Accusative Singular, or -ī in the Ablative Singular. The following words are examples of this class:—

Caedēs, f., slaughter;
stem, caed-.
Arx, f., citadel;
stem, arc-.
Linter, f., skiff;
stem, lintr-.
SINGULAR.
Nom.caedēsarxlinter
Gen.caedisarcislintris
Dat.caedīarcīlintrī
Acc.caedemarcemlintrem
Voc.caedēsarxlinter
Abl.caedearcelintre
PLURAL.
Nom.caedēsarcēslintrēs
Gen.caediumarciumlintrium
Dat.caedibusarcibuslintribus
Acc.caedēs, -īsarcēs, -īslintrēs, -īs
Voc.caedēsarcēslintrēs
Abl.caedibusarcibuslintribus

1. The following classes of nouns belong here:—

a) Nouns in -ēs, with Genitive in -is; as, nūbēs, aedēs, clādēs, etc.

b) Many monosyllables in -s or -x preceded by one or more consonants; as, urbs, mōns, stirps, lanx.

c) Most nouns in -ns and -rs as, cliēns, cohors.

d) Ūter, venter; fūr, līs, mās, mūs, nix; and the Plurals faucēs, penātēs, Optimātēs, Samnitēs, Quirītēs.

e) Sometimes nouns in -tās with Genitive -tātis; as, cīvitās, aetās. Cīvitās usually has cīvitātium.

IV. Stems in -ī, -ū, and Diphthongs

41.

Vis, f., force;
stem, vī-.
Sūs, c., swine;
stem, sū-.
Bōs, c., ox, cow;
stem, bou-.
Juppiter, m., Jupiter;
stem, Jou-.
SINGULAR.
Nom.vīssūsbōsJuppiter
Gen.——suisbovisJovis
Dat.——suībovīJovī
Acc.vimsuembovemJovem
Voc.vīssūsbōsJuppiter
Abl.vīsueboveJove
PLURAL.
Nom.vīrēssuēsbovēs
Gen.vīriumsuumbovum, boum
Dat.vīribussuibus, subusbōbus, būbus
Acc.vīrēssuēsbovēs
Voc.vīrēssuēsbovēs
Abl.vīribussuibus, subusbōbus, būbus

1. Notice that the oblique cases of sūs have ŭ in the root syllable.

2. Grūs is declined like sūs, except that the Dative and Ablative Plural are always gruibus.

3. Juppiter is for Jou-pater, and therefore contains the same stem as in Jov-is, Jov-ī, etc.

Nāvis was originally a diphthong stem ending in au-, but it has passed over to the ĭ-stems (§ 37). Its ablative often ends in -ī.

V. Irregular Nouns

42.

Senex, m.,
old man.
Carō, f., flesh.Os, n., bone.
SINGULAR.
Nom.senexcarōos
Gen.seniscarnisossis
Dat.senīcarnīossī
Acc.senemcarnemos
Voc.senexcarōos
Abl.senecarneosse
PLURAL.
Nom.senēscarnēsossa
Gen.senumcarniumossium
Dat.senibuscarnibusossibus
Acc.senēscarnēsossa
Voc.senēscarnēsossa
Abl.senibuscarnibusossibus

1. Iter, itineris, n., way, is inflected regularly throughout from the stem itiner-.

2. Supellex, supellectilis, f., furniture, is confined to the Singular. The oblique cases are formed from the stem supellectil-. The ablative has both -ī and -e.

3. Jecur, n., liver, forms its oblique cases from two stems,—jecor- and jecinor-. Thus, Gen. jecoris or jecinoris.

4. Femur, n., thigh, usually forms its oblique cases from the stem femor-, but sometimes from the stem femin-. Thus, Gen. femoris or feminis.

General Principles of Gender in the Third Declension

43. 1. Nouns in -ō, -or, -ōs, -er, -ĕs are Masculine.

2. Nouns in -ās, -ēs, -is, -ys, -x, -s (preceded by a consonant); -dō, -gō (Genitive -inis); -iō (abstract and collective), -ūs (Genitive -ātis or -ūdis) are Feminine.

3. Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -ŭs are Neuter.

Chief Exceptions to Gender in the Third Declension

44. Exceptions to the Rule for Masculines.

1. Nouns in -ō.

a. Feminine: carō, flesh.

2. Nouns in -or.

a. Feminine: arbor, tree.

b. Neuter: aequor, sea; cor, heart; marmor, marble.

3. Nouns in -ōs.

a. Feminine: dōs, dowry.

b. Neuter: ōs (ōris), mouth.

4. Nouns in -er.

a. Feminine: linter, skiff.

b. Neuter: cadāver, corpse; iter, way; tūber, tumor; ūber, udder. Also botanical names in -er; as, acer, maple.

5. Nouns in -ĕs.

a. Feminine: seges, crop.

45. Exceptions to the Rule for Feminines.

1. Nouns in -ās.

a. Masculine: vās, bondsman.

b. Neuter: vās, vessel.

2. Nouns in -ēs.

a. Masculine: ariēs, ram; pariēs, wall; pēs, foot.

3. Nouns in -is.

a. Masculine: all nouns in -nis and -guis; as, amnis, river; īgnis, fire; pānis, bread; sanguis, blood; unguis, nail.

Also—

axis, axle.piscis, fish.
collis, hill.postis, post.
fascis, bundle.pulvis, dust.
lapis, stone.orbis, circle.
mēnsis, month.sentis, brier.

4. Nouns in -x.

a. Masculine: apex, peak; cōdex, tree-trunk; grex, flock; imbrex, tile; pollex, thumb; vertex, summit; calix, cup.

5. Nouns in -s preceded by a consonant.

a. Masculine: dēns, tooth; fōns, fountain; mōns, mountain; pōns, bridge.

6. Nouns in -dō.

a. Masculine: cardō, hinge; ōrdō, order.

46. Exceptions to the Rule for Neuters.

1. Nouns in -l.

a. Masculine: sōl, sun; sāl, salt.

2. Nouns in -n.

a. Masculine: pecten, comb.

3. Nouns in -ur.

a. Masculine: vultur, vulture.

4. Nouns in -ŭs.

a. Masculine: lepus, hare.

Greek Nouns of the Third Declension

47. The following are the chief peculiarities of these:—

1. The ending -ă in the Accusative Singular; as, aetheră, aether; Salamīnă, Salamis.

2. The ending -ĕs in the Nominative Plural; as, Phrygĕs, Phrygians.

3. The ending -ăs in the Accusative Plural; as, Phrygăs, Phrygians.

4. Proper names in -ās (Genitive -antis) have -ā in the Vocative Singular; as, Atlās (Atlantis), Vocative Atlā, Atlas.

5. Neuters in -ma (Genitive -matis) have -īs instead of -ibus in the Dative and Ablative Plural; as, poēmatīs, poems.

6. Orpheus, and other proper names ending in -eus, form the Vocative Singular in -eu (Orpheu, etc.). But in prose the other cases usually follow the second declension; as, Orpheī, Orpheō, etc.

7. Proper names in -ēs, like Periclēs, form the Genitive Singular sometimes in -is, sometimes in -ī, as, Periclis or Periclī.

8. Feminine proper names in -ō have -ūs in the Genitive, but -ō in the other oblique cases; as,—

Nom.DidōAcc.Didō
Gen.DidūsVoc.Didō
Dat.DidōAbl.Didō

9. The regular Latin endings often occur in Greek nouns.


FOURTH DECLENSION.

ŭ-Stems

48. Nouns of the Fourth Declension end in -us Masculine, and -ū Neuter. They are declined as follows:—

Frūctus, m., fruit.Cornū, n., horn.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Nom.frūctusfrūctūscornūcornua
Gen.frūctūsfrūctuumcornūscornuum
Dat.frūctuīfrūctibuscornūcornibus
Acc.frūctumfrūctūscornūcornua
Voc.frūctusfrūctūscornūcornua
Abl.frūctūfrūctibuscornūcornibus

Peculiarities of Nouns of the Fourth Declension

49. 1. Nouns in -us, particularly in early Latin, often form the Genitive Singular in -ī, following the analogy of nouns in -us of the Second Declension; as, senātī, ōrnātī. This is usually the case in Plautus and Terence.

2. Nouns in -us sometimes have -ū in the Dative Singular, instead of -uī; as, frūctū (for frūctuī).

3. The ending -ubus, instead of -ibus, occurs in the Dative and Ablative Plural of artūs (Plural), limbs; tribus, tribe; and in dis-syllables in -cus; as, artubus, tribubus, arcubus, lacubus. But with the exception of tribus, all these words admit the forms in -ibus as well as those in -ubus.

4. Domus, house, is declined according to the Fourth Declension, but has also the following forms of the Second:—

domī (locative), at home;
domō, from home;
domum, homewards, to one’s home;
domōs, homewards, to their (etc.) homes

5. The only Neuters of this declension in common use are: cornū, horn; genū, knee; and verū, spit.

Exceptions to Gender in the Fourth Declension

50. The following nouns in -us are Feminine: acus, needle; domus, house; manus, hand; porticus, colonnade; tribus, tribe; Īdūs (Plural), Ides; also names of trees (§ 15, 2).


FIFTH DECLENSION.

ē-Stems

51. Nouns of the Fifth Declension end in -ēs, and are declined as follows:—

Diēs, m., day.Rēs, f., thing.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Nom.diēsdiēsrēsrēs
Gen.diēīdiērumrĕīrērum
Dat.diēīdiēbusrĕīrēbus
Acc.diemdiēsremrēs
Voc.diēsdiēsrēsrēs
Abl.diēdiēbusrērēbus

Peculiarities of Nouns of the Fifth Declension

52. 1. The ending of the Genitive and Dative Singular is -ĕī, instead of -ēī, when a consonant precedes; as, spĕī, rĕī, fidĕī.

2. A Genitive ending -ī (for -ĕī) is found in plēbī (from plēbēs = plēbs) in the expressions tribūnus plēbī, tribune of the people, and plēbī scītum, decree of the people; sometimes also in other words.

3. A Genitive and Dative form in -ē sometimes occurs; as, aciē.

4. With the exception of diēs and rēs, most nouns of the Fifth Declension are not declined in the Plural. But aciēs, seriēs, speciēs, spēs, and a few others are used in the Nominative and Accusative Plural.

Gender in the Fifth Declension

53. Nouns of the Fifth Declension are regularly Feminine, except diēs, day, and merīdiēs, mid-day. But diēs is sometimes Feminine in the Singular, particularly when it means an appointed day.


DEFECTIVE NOUNS.

54. Here belong—

1. Nouns used in the Singular only.
2. Nouns used in the Plural only.
3. Nouns used only in certain cases.
4. Indeclinable Nouns.

Nouns Used in the Singular Only

55. Many nouns, from the nature of their signification, are regularly used in the Singular only. Thus:—

1. Proper names; as, Cicerō, Cicero; Italia, Italy.

2. Nouns denoting material; as, aes, copper; lac, milk.

3. Abstract nouns; as, ignōrantia, ignorance; bonitās, goodness.

4. But the above classes of words are sometimes used in the Plural. Thus:—

a) Proper names,—to denote different members of a family, or specimens of a type; as, Cicerōnēs, the Ciceros; Catōnēs, men like Cato.

b) Names of materials,—to denote objects made of the material, or different kinds of the substance; as, aera, bronzes (i.e. bronze figures); ligna, woods.

c) Abstract nouns,—to denote instances of the quality; as, ignōrantiae, cases of ignorance.

Nouns Used in the Plural Only

56. Here belong—

1. Many geographical names; as, Thēbae, Thebes; Leuctra, Leuctra; Pompejī, Pompeii.

2. Many names of festivals; as, Megalēsia, the Megalesian festival.

3. Many special words, of which the following are the most important:—

angustiae, narrow pass.mānēs, spirits of the dead.
arma, weapons.moenia, city walls.
dēliciae, delight.minae, threats.
dīvitiae, riches.nūptiae, marriage.
Īdūs, Ides.posterī, descendants.
indūtiae, truce.reliquiae, remainder.
īnsidiae, ambush.tenebrae, darkness.
majōrēs, ancestors.verbera, blows.

Also in classical prose regularly—

cervīcēs, neck.
fidēs, lyre. nārēs, nose.
vīscerā, viscera.

Nouns Used Only in Certain Cases

57. 1. Used in only One Case. Many nouns of the Fourth Declension are found only in the Ablative Singular as, jussū, by the order; injussū, without the order; nātū, by birth.

2. Used in Two Cases.

a. Fors (chance), Nom. Sing.; forte, Abl. Sing.

b. Spontis (free-will), Gen. Sing.; sponte, Abl. Sing.

3. Used in Three Cases. Nēmō, no one (Nom.), has also the Dat. nēminī and the Acc. nēminem. The Gen. and Abl. are supplied by the corresponding cases of nūllus; viz. nūllīus and nūllō.

4. Impetus has the Nom., Acc., and Abl. Sing., and the Nom. and Acc. Plu.; viz. impetus, impetum, impetū, impetūs.

5.

a. Precī, precem, prece, lacks the Nom. and Gen. Sing.

b. Vicis, vicem, vice, lacks the Nom. and Dat. Sing.

6. Opis, dapis, and frūgis,—all lack the Nom. Sing.

7. Many monosyllables of the Third Declension lack the Gen. Plu.: as, cor, lūx, sōl, aes, ōs (ōris), rūs, sāl, tūs.

Indeclinable Nouns

58. Here belong—

fās, n., right.
īnstar, n., likeness.
māne, n., morning. nefās, n., impiety.
nihil, n., nothing.
secus, n., sex.

1. With the exception of māne (which may serve also as Ablative, in the morning), the nouns in this list are simply Neuters confined in use to the Nominative and Accusative Singular.

Heteroclites

59. These are nouns whose forms are partly of one declension, and partly of another. Thus:—

1. Several nouns have the entire Singular of one declension, while the Plural is of another; as,—

vās, vāsis (vessel);Plu., vāsa, vāsorōum, vāsīs, etc.
jūgerum, jūgerī (acre);Plu., jūgera, jūgerum, jūgeribus, etc.

2. Several nouns, while belonging in the main to one declension, have certain special forms belonging to another. Thus:—

a) Many nouns of the First Declension ending in -ia take also a Nom. and Acc. of the Fifth; as, māteriēs, māteriem, material, as well as māteria, māteriam.

b) Famēs, hunger, regularly of the Third Declension, has the Abl. famē of the Fifth.

c) Requiēs, requiētis, rest, regularly of the Third Declension, takes an Acc. of the Fifth, requiem, in addition to requiētem.

d) Besides plēbs, plēbis, common people, of the Third Declension, we find plēbēs, plēbĕī (also plēbī, see § 52, 2), of the Fifth.

Heterogeneous Nouns

60. Heterogeneous nouns vary in Gender. Thus:—

1. Several nouns of the Second Declension have two forms,—one Masc. in -us, and one Neuter in -um; as, clipeus, clipeum, shield; carrus, carrum, cart.

2. Other nouns have one gender in the Singular, another in the Plural; as,—

SINGULAR.PLURAL.
balneum, n., bath;balneae, f., bath-house.
epulum, n., feast;epulae, f., feast.
frēnum, n., bridle;frēnī, m.(rarely frēna, n.), bridle.
jocus, m., jest;joca, n. (also jocī, m.), jests.
locus, m., place;loca, n., places; locī, m., passages or topics in an author.
rāstrum, n., rake;rāstrī, m.; rāstra, n., rakes.

a. Heterogeneous nouns may at the same time be heteroclites, as in case of the first two examples above.

Plurals With Change of Meaning

61. The following nouns have one meaning in the Singular, and another in the Plural:—

SINGULAR.PLURAL.
aedēs, temple;aedēs, house.
auxilium, help;auxilia, auxiliary troops.
carcer, prison;carcerēs, stalls for racing-chariot.
castrum, fort;castra, camp.
cōpia, abundance;cōpiae, troops, resources.
fīnis, end;fīnēs, borders, territory.
fortūna, fortune;fortūnae, possessions, wealth.
grātia, favor, gratitude;grātiae, thanks.
impedīmentum, hindrance;impedīmenta, baggage.
littera, letter (of the alphabet);litterae, epistle; literature.
mōs, habit, custom;mōrēs, character.
opera, help, service;operae, laborers.
(ops) opis, help;opēs, resources.
pars, part;partēs, party; rôle.
sāl, salt;sălēs, wit.

B. Adjectives

62. Adjectives denote quality. They are declined like nouns, and fall into two classes,—

1. Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions.

2. Adjectives of the Third Declension.


ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS.

63. In these the Masculine is declined like hortus, puer, or ager, the Feminine like porta, and the Neuter like bellum. Thus, Masculine like hortus:—

Bonus, good.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.bonusbonabonum
Gen.bonībonaebonī
Dat.bonōbonaebonō
Acc.bonumbonambonum
Voc.bonebonabonum
Abl.bonōbonābonō
PLURAL.
Nom.bonībonaebona
Gen.bonōrumbonārumbonōrum
Dat.bonīsbonīsbonīs
Acc.bonōsbonāsbona
Voc.bonībonaebona
Abl.bonīsbonīsbonīs

1. The Gen. Sing. Masc. and Neut. of Adjectives in -ius ends in -iī (not in -ī as in case of Nouns; see § 25, 1; 2). So also the Voc. Sing. of such Adjectives ends in -ie, not in ī. Thus eximius forms Gen. eximiī; Voc. eximie.

2. Distributives (see § 78, 1, c) regularly form the Gen. Plu. Masc. and Neut. in -um instead of -ōrum (compare § 25, 6); as, dēnum centēnum; but always singulōrum.

64. Masculine like puer:—

Tener, tender.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE.FEMININENEUTER.
Nom.tenerteneratenerum
Gen.tenerīteneraetenerī
Dat.tenerōteneraetenerō
Acc.tenerumteneramtenerum
Voc.tenerteneratenerum
Abl.tenerōtenerātenerō
PLURAL.
Nom.tenerīteneraetenera
Gen.tenerōrumtenerārumtenerōrum
Dat.tenerīstenerīstenerīs
Acc.tenerōstenerāstenera
Voc.tenerīteneraetenera
Abl.tenerīstenerīstenerīs

65. Masculine like ager:—

Sacer, sacred.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.sacersacrasacrum
Gen.sacrīsacraesacrī
Dat.sacrōsacraesacrō
Acc.sacrumsacramsacrum
Voc.sacersacrasacrum
Abl.sacrōsacrāsacrō
PLURAL.
Nom.sacrīsacraesacra
Gen.sacrōrumsacrārumsacrōrum
Dat.sacrīssacrīssacrīs
Acc.sacrōssacrāssacra
Voc.sacrīsacraesacra
Abl.sacrīssacrīssacrīs

1. Most adjectives in -er are declined like sacer. The following however, are declined like tener: asper, rough; lacer, torn; līber, free; miser, wretched; prōsper, prosperous; compounds in -fer and -ger; sometimes dexter, right.

2. Satur, full, is declined: satur, satura, saturum.

Nine Irregular Adjectives

66. Here belong—

alius, another;alter, the other;
ūllus, any;nūllus, none;
uter, which? (of two);neuter, neither;
sōlus, alone;tōtus, whole;
ūnus, one, alone.

They are declined as follows:—

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.aliusaliaaliudalteralteraalterum
Gen.alterĭusalterĭusalterĭus15alterĭusalterĭusalterĭus
Dat.aliīaliīaliīalterīalterī16alterī
Acc.aliumaliamaliudalterumalteramalterum
Voc.————————————
Abl.aliōaliāaliōalterōalterāalterō
Nom.uterutrautrumtōtustōtatōtum
Gen.utrīusutrīusutrīustōtīustōtīustōtīus
Dat.utrīutrīutrītōtītōtītōtī
Acc.utrumutramutrumtōtumtōtamtōtum
Voc.————————————
Abl.utrōutrāutrōtōtōtōtātōtō

1. All these words lack the Vocative. The Plural is regular.

2. Neuter is declined like uter.


ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION.

67. These fall into three classes,—

1. Adjectives of three terminations in the Nominative Singular,—one for each gender.

2. Adjectives of two terminations.

3. Adjectives of one termination.

a. With the exception of Comparatives, and a few other words mentioned below in § 70, 1, all Adjectives of the Third Declension follow the inflection of ĭ-stems; i.e. they have the Ablative Singular in -ī, the Genitive Plural in -ium, the Accusative Plural in -īs (as well as -ēs) in the Masculine and Feminine, and the Nominative and Accusative Plural in -ia in Neuters.

Adjectives of Three Terminations

68. These are declined as follows:—

Ācer, sharp.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.ācerācrisācre
Gen.ācrisācrisācris
Dat.ācrīācrīācrī
Acc.ācremācremācre
Voc.ācerācrisācre
Abl.ācrīācrīācrī
PLURAL.
Nom.ācrēsācrēsācria
Gen.ācriumācriumācrium
Dat,ācribusācribusācribus
Acc.ācrēs, -īsācrēs, -īsācria
Voc.ācrēsācrēsācria
Abl.ācribusācribusācribus

1. Like ācer are declined alacer, lively; campester, level; celeber, famous; equester, equestrian; palūster, marshy; pedester, pedestrian; puter, rotten; salūber, wholesome; silvester, woody; terrester, terrestrial; volucer, winged; also names of months in -ber, as September.

2. Celer, celeris, celere, swift, retains the e before r, but lacks the Genitive Plural.

3. In the Nominative Singular of Adjectives of this class the Feminine form is sometimes used for the Masculine. This is regularly true of salūbris, silvestris, and terrestris. In case of the other words in the list, the use of the Feminine for the Masculine is confined chiefly to early and late Latin, and to poetry.

Adjectives of Two Terminations

69. These are declined as follows:—

Fortis, strong.Fortior, stronger.
SINGULAR.
M. AND F.NEUT.M. AND F.NEUT.
Nom.fortisfortefortiorfortius
Gen.fortisfortisfortiōrisfortiōris
Dat.fortīfortīfortiōrīfortiōrī
Acc.fortemfortefortiōremfortius
Voc.fortisfortefortiorfortius
Abl.fortīfortīfortiōrefortiōre
PLURAL.
Nom.fortēsfortiafortiōrēsfortiōra
Gen.fortiumfortiumfortiōrumfortiōrum
Dat.fortibusfortibusfortiōribusfortiōribus
Acc.fortēs, -īsfortiafortiōrēs, -īsfortiōra
Voc.fortēsfortiafortiōrēsfortiōra
Abl.fortibusfortibusfortiōribusfortiōribus

1. Fortior is the Comparative of fortis. All Comparatives are regularly declined in the same way. The Acc. Plu. in -īs is rare.

Adjectives of One Termination

70.

Fēlīx, happy..Prūdēns, prudent.
SINGULAR.
M. AND F.NEUT.M. AND F.NEUT.
Nom.fēlīxfēlīxprūdēnsprūdēns
Gen.fēlīcīsfēlīcisprūdentisprūdentis
Dat.fēlīcīfēlīcīprūdentīprūdentī
Acc.fēlīcemfēlīxprūdentemprūdēns
Voc.fēlīxfēlīxprūdēnsprūdēns
Abl.fēlīcīfēlīcīprūdentīprūdentī
PLURAL.
Nom.fēlīcēsfēlīciaprūdentēsprūdentia
Gen.fēlīciumfēlīciumprūdentiumprūdentium
Dat.fēlīcibusfēlīcibusprūdentibusprūdentibus
Acc.fēlīcēs, -īsfēlīciaprūdentēs, -īsprūdentia
Voc.fēlīcēsfēlīciaprūdentēsprūdentia
Abl.fēlīcibusfēlīcibusprūdentibusprūdentibus
Vetus, old.Plūs, more.
SINGULAR.
M. AND F.NEUT.M. AND F.NEUT.
Nom.vetusvetus——plūs
Gen.veterisveteris——plūris
Dat.veterīveterī————
Acc.veteremvetus——plūs
Voc.vetusvetus————
Abl.veterevetere——plūre
PLURAL.
Nom.veterēsveteraplūrēsplūra
Gen.veterumveterumplūriumplūrium
Dat.veteribusveteribusplūribusplūribus
Acc.veterēsveteraplūrēs, -īsplūra
Voc.veterēsvetera————
Abl.veteribusveteribusplūribusplūribus

1. It will be observed that vetus is declined as a pure Consonant-Stem; i.e. Ablative Singular in -e, Genitive Plural in -um, Nominative Plural Neuter in -a, and Accusative Plural Masculine and Feminine in -ēs only. In the same way are declined compos, controlling; dīves, rich; particeps, sharing; pauper, poor; prīnceps, chief; sōspes, safe; superstes, surviving. Yet dīves always has Neut. Plu. dītia.

2. Inops, needy, and memor, mindful, have Ablative Singular inopī, memorī, but Genitive Plural inopum, memorum.

3. Participles in -āns and -ēns follow the declension of ī-stems. But they do not have -ī the Ablative, except when employed as adjectives; when used as participles or as substantives, they have -e; as,—

ā sapientī virō, by a wise man; but
ā sapiente, by a philosopher.
Tarquiniō rēgnante, under the reign of Tarquin.

4. Plūs, in the Singular, is always a noun.

5. In the Ablative Singular, adjectives, when used as substantives,—

a) usually retain the adjective declension; as,—

aequālis, contemporary, Abl. aequālī.
cōnsulāris, ex-consul, Abl. cōnsulārī

So names of Months; as, Aprīlī, April; Decembrī, December.

b) But adjectives used as proper names have -e in the Ablative Singular; as, Celere, Celer; Juvenāle, Juvenal.

c) Patrials in -ās, -ātis and -īs, -ītis, when designating places regularly have -ī; as, in Arpīnātī, on the estate at Arpinum, yet -e, when used of persons; as, ab Arpīnāte, by an Arpinatian.

6. A very few indeclinable adjectives occur, the chief of which are frūgī, frugal; nēquam, worthless.

7. In poetry, adjectives and participles in -ns sometimes form the Gen. Plu. in -um instead of -ium; as, venientum, of those coming.


COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.

71. 1. There are three degrees of Comparison,—the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative.

2. The Comparative is regularly formed by adding -ior (Neut. -ius), and the Superlative by adding -issimus (-a, -um), to the Stem of the Positive deprived of its final vowel; as,—

altus, high,altior, higher,altissimus, highest, very high.
fortis, brave,fortior,fortissimus.
fēlīx, fortunate,fēlīcior,fēlīcissimus.

So also Participles, when used as Adjectives; as,—

doctus, learned,doctior,doctissimus.
egēns, needy,egentior,egentissimus.

3. Adjectives in -er form the Superlative by appending -rimus to the Nominative of the Positive. The Comparative is regular. Thus:—

asper, rough,asperior,asperrimus.
pulcher, beautiful,pulchrior,pulcherrimus.
ācer, sharp,ācrior,ācerrimus.
celer, swift,celerior,celerrimus.

a. Notice mātūrus, mātūrior, mātūrissimus or mātūrrimus.

4. Five Adjectives in -ilis form the Superlative by adding -limus to the Stem of the Positive deprived of its final vowel. The Comparative is regular. Thus:—

facilis, easy,facilior,facillimus.
difficilis, diffcult,difficilior,difficillimus.
similis, like,similior,simillimus.
dissimilis, unlike,dissimilior,dissimillimus.
humilis, low,humilior,humillimus.

5. Adjectives in -dicus, -ficus, and -volus form the Comparative and Superlative as though from forms in -dīcēns, -ficēns, -volēns. Thus:—

maledicus, slanderous,maledīcentior,maledīcentissimus.
magnificus, magnificent,magnificentior,magnificentissimus.
benevolus, kindly,benevolentior,benevolentissimus.

a. Positives in -dīcēns and -volēns occur in early Latin; as maledīcēns, benevolēns.

6. Dīves has the Comparative dīvitior or dītior; Superlative dīvitissimus or dītissimus.

Irregular Comparison

72. Several Adjectives vary the Stem in Comparison; viz.—

bonus, good,melior,optimus.
malus, bad,pejor,pessimus.
parvus, small,minor,minimus.
magnus, large,major,maximus.
multus, much,plūs,plūrimus,
frūgī, thrifty,frūgālior,frūgālissimus,
nēquam, worthless,nēquior,nēquissimus.

Defective Comparison

73. 1. Positive lacking entirely,—

(Cf. prae, in front of.)prior, former,prīmus, first
(Cf. citrā, this side of.)citerior, on this side,citimus, near.
(Cf. ultrā, beyond.)ulterior, farther,ultimus, farthest.
(Cf. intrā, within.)interior, inner,intimus, inmost
(Cf. prope, near.)propior, nearer,proximus, nearest.
(Cf. dē, down.)dēterior, inferior,dēterrimus, worst.
(Cf. archaic potis, possible.)potior, preferable,potissimus, chiefest

2. Positive occurring only in special cases,—

posterō diē, annō, etc. the following day, etc.,
posterī, descendants,
posterior, later,postrēmus, latest, last.
postumus, late-born, posthumous.
exteri, foreigners,
nātiōnēs exterae, foreign nations,
exterior, outerextrēmus, extimus, outermost.
inferī, gods of the lower world,
Mare Inferum, Mediterranean Sea,
īnferior, lower,īnfimus, īmus, lowest.
superī, gods above,
Mare Superum, Adriatic Sea,
superior, higher,suprēmus, last.
summus, highest.

3. Comparative lacking.

vetus, old,——17veterrimus.
fīdus, faithful,——fīdissimus.
novus, new,——18novissimus,19 last.
sacer, sacred,——sacerrimus.
falsus, false,——falsissimus.

Also in some other words less frequently used.

4. Superlative lacking.

alacer, lively,alacrior,——
ingēns, great,ingentior,——
salūtāris, wholesome,salūtārior,——
juvenis, young,jūnior,——20
senex, old,senior.——21

a. The Superlative is lacking also in many adjectives in -ālis, -īlis, -ĭlis, -bilis, and in a few others.

Comparison by Magis and Maximē

74. Many adjectives do not admit terminational comparison, but form the Comparative and Superlative degrees by prefixing magis (more) and maximē (most). Here belong—

1. Many adjectives ending in -ālis, -āris, -idus, -īlis, -icus, imus, īnus, -ōrus.

2. Adjectives in -us, preceded by a vowel; as, idōneus, adapted; arduus, steep; necessārius, necessary.

a. Adjectives in -quus, of course, do not come under this rule. The first u in such cases is not a vowel, but a consonant.

Adjectives Not Admitting Comparison

75. Here belong—

1. Many adjectives, which, from the nature of their signification, do not admit of comparison; as, hodiernus, of to-day; annuus, annual; mortālis, mortal.

2. Some special words; as, mīrus, gnārus, merus; and a few others.


FORMATION AND COMPARISON OF ADVERBS.

76. Adverbs are for the most part derived from adjectives, and depend upon them for their comparison.

1. Adverbs derived from adjectives of the First and Second Declensions form the Positive by changing -ī of the Genitive Singular to -ē; those derived from adjectives of the Third Declension, by changing -is of the Genitive Singular to -iter; as,—

cārus,cārē, dearly;
pulcher,pulchrē, beautifully;
ācer,ācriter, fiercely;
levis,leviter, lightly.

a. But Adjectives in -ns, and a few others, add -er (instead of -iter), to form the Adverb; as,—

sapiēns,sapienter, wisely;
sollers,sollerter, skillfully.

Note audāx, audācter, boldly.

2. The Comparative of all Adverbs regularly consists of the Accusative Singular Neuter of the Comparative of the Adjective; while the Superlative of the Adverb is formed by changing the -ī of the Genitive Singular of the Superlative of the Adjective to -ē. Thus—

(cārus)cārē, dearly,cārius,cārissimē.
(pulcher)pulchrē, beautifully,pulchrius,pulcherrimē.
(ācer)ācriter, fiercely,ācrius,ācerrimē.
(levis)leviter, lightly,levius,levissimē.
(sapiēns)sapienter, wisely,sapientius,sapientissimē.
(audāx)audācter, boldly,audācius,audācissimē.

Adverbs Peculiar in Comparison and Formation

77. 1.

benĕ, well,melius,optimē.
malĕ, ill,pejus,pessimē.
magnopere, greatly,magis,maximē.
multum, much,plūs,plūrimum.
nōn multum, little,
parum,
minus,minimē.
diū, long,diūtius,diūtissimē.
nēquiter, worthlessly,nēquius,nēquissimē.
saepe, often,saepius,saepissimē.
mātūrē, betimes,mātūrius,mātūrrimē.
mātūrissimē.
prope, near,propius,proximē.
nūper, recently,——nūperrimē.
——potius, rather,potissimum, especially.
——prius, previously, before,prīmum, first.
secus, otherwise,sētius, less.

2. A number of adjectives of the First and Second Declensions form an Adverb in -ō, instead of -ē; as,—

crēbrō, frequently;falsō, falsely;
continuō, immediately;subitō, suddenly;
rārō, rarely, and a few others.

a. cito, quickly, has -ŏ.

3. A few adjectives employ the Accusative Singular Neuter as the Positive of the Adverb; as,—

multum, much; paulum, little; facile, easily.

4. A few adjectives of the First and Second Declensions form the Positive in -iter; as,—

fīrmus, fīrmiter, firmly;hūmānus, hūmāniter, humanly;
largus, largiter, copiously;alius, aliter, otherwise.

a. violentus has violenter.

5. Various other adverbial suffixes occur, the most important of which are -tus and -tim; as, antīquitus, anciently; paulātim, gradually.


NUMERALS.

78. Numerals may be divided into—

I. Numeral Adjectives, comprising—

a. Cardinals; as, ūnus, one; duo, two; etc.
b. Ordinals; as, prīmus, first; secundus, second; etc.
c. Distributives; as, singulī, one by one; bīnī, two by two; etc.

II. Numeral Adverbs; as, semel, once; bis, twice; etc.

79. TABLE OF NUMERAL ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS.

CARDINALS.ORDINALS.DISTRIBUTIVES.ADVERBS.
1.ūnus, ūna, ūnumprīmus, firstsingulī, one by onesemel, once
2.duo, duae, duosecundus, secondbīnī, two by twobis
3.trēs, triatertius, thirdternī (trīnī)ter
4.quattuorquārtus, fourthquaternīquater
5.quīnquequīntus, fifthquīnīquīnquiēs
6.sexsextussēnīsexiēs
7.septemseptimusseptēnīseptiēs
8.octōoctāvusoctōnīoctiēs
9.novemnōnusnovēnīnoviēs
10.decemdecimusdēnīdeciēs
11.ūndecimūndecimusūndēnīūndeciēs
12.duodecimduodecimusduodēnīduodeciēs
13.tredecimtertius decimusternī denīterdeciēs
14.quattuordecimquārtus decimusquaternī denīquaterdeciēs
15.quīndecimquīntus decimusquīnī dēnīquīnquiēs deciēs
16.sēdecim,
sexdecim
sextus decimussēnī dēnīsexiēs deciēs
17.septendecimseptimus decimusseptēnī dēnīseptiēs deciēs
18.duodēvīgintīduodēvīcēsimusduodēvīcēnīoctiēs deciēs
19.ūndēvīgintīūndēvīcēsimusūndēvīcēnīnoviēs deciēs
20.vīgintīvīcēsimusvīcēnīvīciēs
21.vīgintī ūnus,
ūnus et vīgintī
vīcēsimus prīmus,
ūnus et vīcēsimus
vīcēnī singulī,
singulī et vīcēni
vīciēs semel
22.vīgintī duo,
duo et vīgintī
vīcēsimus secundus,
alter et vīcēsimus
vīcēnī bīnī,
bīnī et vīcēnī
vīciēs bis
30.trīgintātrīcēsimustrīcēnītriciēs
40.quadrāgintāquadrāgēsimusquadrāgēnīquadrāgiēs
50.quīnquāgintāquīnquāgēsimusquinquāgēnīquīnquāgiēs
60.sexāgintāsexāgēsimussexāgēnīsexāgiēs
70.septuāgintāseptuāgēsimusseptuāgēnīseptuāgiēs
80.octōgintāoctōgēsimusoctōgēnīoctōgiēs
90.nōnāgintānōnāgēsimusnōnāgēnīnōnāgiēs
100.centumcentēsimuscentēnīcentiēs
101.centum ūnus,
centum et ūnus
centēsimus prīmus,
centēsimus et prīmus
centēnī singulī,
centēnī et singulī
centiēs semel
200.ducentī, -ae, -aducentēsimusducēnīducentiēs
300.trecentītrecentēsimustrecēnītrecentiēs
400.quadringentīquadringentēsimusquadringēnīquadringentiēs
500.quīngentīquīngentēsimusquīngēnīquīngentiēs
600.sescentīsescentēsimussescēnīsescentiēs
700.septingentīseptingentēsimusseptingēnīseptingentiēs
800.octingentīoctingentēsimusoctingēnīoctingentiēs
900.nōngentīnōngentēsimusnōngēnīnōngentiēs
1,000.mīllemīllēsimussingula mīliamīliēs
2,000.duo mīliabis mīllēsimusbīna mīliabis mīliēs
100,000.centum mīliacentiēs mīllēsimuscentēna mīliacentiēs mīliēs
1,000,000.deciēs centēna mīliadeciēs centiēs mīllēsimusdeciēs centēna mīliadeciēs centiēs mīliēs

NOTE.— -ēnsimus and -iēns are often written in the numerals instead of -ēsimus and -iēs.

Declension of the Cardinals

80. 1. The declension of ūnus has already been given under § 66.

2. Duo is declined as follows:—

Nom.duoduaeduo
Gen.duōrumduārumduōrum
Dat.duōbusduābusduōbus
Acc.duōs, duoduāsduo
Abl.duōbusduābusduōbus

a. So ambō, both, except that its final o is long.

3. Trēs is declined,—

Nom.trēstria
Gen.triumtrium
Dat.tribustribus
Acc.trēs (trīs)tria
Abl.tribustribus

4. The hundreds (except centum) are declined like the Plural of bonus.

5. Mīlle is regularly an adjective in the Singular, and indeclinable. In the Plural it is a substantive (followed by the Genitive of the objects enumerated; § 201, 1), and is declined,—

Nom.mīliaAcc.mīlia
Gen.mīliumVoc.mīlia
Dat.mīlibusAbl.mīlibus

Thus mīlle hominēs, a thousand men; but duo mīlia hominum, two thousand men, literally two thousands of men.

a. Occasionally the Singular admits the Genitive construction; as, mīlle hominum.

6. Other Cardinals are indeclinable. Ordinals and Distributives are declined like Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions.

Peculiarities in the Use of Numerals

81. 1. The compounds from 21 to 99 may be expressed either with the larger or the smaller numeral first. In the latter case, et is used. Thus:—

trīgintā sex or sex et trīgintā, thirty-six.

2. The numerals under 90, ending in 8 and 9, are often expressed by subtraction; as,—

duodēvīgintī, eighteen (but also octōdecim);

ūndēquadrāgintā, thirty-nine (but also trīgintā novem or novem et trīgintā).

3. Compounds over 100 regularly have the largest number first; the others follow without et; as,—

centum vīgintī septem, one hundred and twenty-seven.

annō octingentēsimō octōgēsimō secundō, in the year 882.

Yet et may be inserted where the smaller number is either a digit or one of the tens; as,—

centum et septem, one hundred and seven;

centum et quadrāgintā, one hundred and forty.

4. The Distributives are used—

a) To denote so much each, so many apiece; as,—

bīna talenta eīs dedit, he gave them two talents each.

b) When those nouns that are ordinarily Plural in form, but Singular in meaning, are employed in a Plural sense; as,—

bīnae litterae, two epistles.

But in such cases, ūnī (not singulī) is regularly employed for one, and trīnī (not ternī) for three; as,—

ūnae litterae, one epistle; trīnae litterae, three epistles.
c) In multiplication; as,—
bis bīna sunt quattuor, twice two are four.
d) Often in poetry, instead of the cardinals; as,—
bīna hastīlia, two spears.


C. Pronouns

82. A Pronoun is a word that indicates something without naming it.

83. There are the following classes of pronouns:—

I.Personal.V.Intensive.
II.Reflexive.VI.Relative.
III.Possessive.VII.Interrogative.
IV.Demonstrative.VIII.Indefinite.

I. PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

84. These correspond to the English I, you, he, she, it, etc., and are declined as follows:—

First Person.Second Person.Third Person.
SINGULAR.
Nom.ego, Itū, thouis, he; ea, she; id, it
Gen.meītuī(For declension see § 87.)
Dat.mihi22tibi22
Acc.mētē
Voc.——tū
Abl.mētē
PLURAL.
Nom.nōs, wevōs, you
Gen.nostrum, nostrīvestrum, vestrī
Dat.nōbīsvōbīs
Acc.nōsvōs
Voc.——vōs
Abl.nōbīsvōbīs

1. A Dative Singular mī occurs in poetry.

2. Emphatic forms in -met are occasionally found; as, egomet, I myself; tibimet, to you yourself; tū has tūte and tūtemet (written also tūtimet).

3. In early Latin, mēd and tēd occur as Accusative and Ablative forms.


II. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS.

85. These refer to the subject of the sentence or clause in which they stand; like myself, yourself, in ‘I see myself,’ etc. They are declined as follows:—

First Person.Second Person.Third Person.
Supplied by oblique cases of ego.Supplied by oblique cases of tū.
Gen.meī, of myselftuī, of thyselfsuī
Dat.mihi, to myselftibi, to thyselfsibi22
Acc.mē, myselftē, thyselfsē or sēsē
Voc.——————
Abl.mē, with myself, etc.tē, with thyself, etc.sē or sēsē

1. The Reflexive of the Third Person serves for all genders and for both numbers. Thus sui may mean, of himself, herself, itself, or of themselves; and so with the other forms.

2. All of the Reflexive Pronouns have at times a reciprocal force; as,—

inter sē pugnant, they fight with each other.

3. In early Latin, sēd occurs as Accusative and Ablative.


III. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.

86. These are strictly adjectives of the First and Second Declensions, and are inflected as such. They are—

First Person.
meus, -a, -um, my;
noster, nostra, nostrum, our;
Second Person.
tuus, -a, -um, thy;
vester, vestra, vestrum, your;
Third Person.
suus, -a, -um, his, her, its, their.

1. Suus is exclusively Reflexive; as,—

pater līberōs suōs amat, the father loves his children.

Otherwise, his, her, its are regularly expressed by the Genitive Singular of is, viz. ejus; and their by the Genitive Plural, eōrum, eārum.

2. The Vocative Singular Masculine of meus is mī.

3. The enclitic -pte may be joined to the Ablative Singular of the Possessive Pronouns for the purpose of emphasis. This is particularly common in case of suō, suā; as, suōpte, suāpte.


IV. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

87. These point out an object as here or there, or as previously mentioned. They are—

hīc, this (where I am);
iste, that (where you are);
ille, that (something distinct from the speaker);
is, that (weaker than ille);
īdem, the same.

Hīc, iste, and ille are accordingly the Demonstratives of the First, Second, and Third Persons respectively.

Hīc, this.
SINGULARPLURAL.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.hīchaechōchīhaehaec
Gen.hūjus23hūjushūjushōrumhārumhōrum
Dat.huichuichuichīshīshīs
Acc.hunchanchōchōshāshaec
Abl.hōchāchōchīshīshīs
Iste, that, that of yours.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.isteistaistud24istīistaeista24
Gen.istīusistīusistīusistōrumistārumistōrum
Dat.istīistīistīistīsistīsistīs
Acc.istumistamistudistōsistāsista24
Abl.istōistāistōistīsistīsistīs

Ille (archaic olle), that, that one, he, is declined like iste.25

Is, he, this, that.
SINGULARPLURAL.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.iseaideī, iī, (ī)eaeea
Gen.ejusejusejuseōrumeārumeōrum
Dat.eīeīeīeīs, iīseīs, iīseīs, iīs
Acc.eumeamideōseāsea
Abl.eōeāeōeīs, iīseīs, iīseīs, iīs
Īdem, the same.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.īdemeademidemeīdem, iīdemeaedemeadem
Gen.ejusdemejusdemejusdemeōrundemeārundemeōrundem
Dat.eīdemeīdemeīdemeīsdemeīsdemeīsdem
Acc.eundemeandemidemeōsdemeāsdemeadem
Abl.eōdemeādemeōdemeīsdemeīsdemeīsdem

The Nom. Plu. Masc. also has īdem, and the Dat. Abl. Plu. īsdem or iīsdem


V. THE INTENSIVE PRONOUN.

88. The Intensive Pronoun in Latin is ipse. It corresponds to the English myself, etc., in ‘I myself, he himself.’

SINGULARPLURAL.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.ipseipsaipsumipsīipsaeipsa
Gen.ipsīusipsīusipsīusipsōrumipsārumipsōrum
Dat.ipsīipsīipsīipsīsipsīsipsīs
Acc.ipsumipsamipsumipsōsipsāsipsa
Abl.ipsōipsāipsōipsīsipsīsipsīs

VI. THE RELATIVE PRONOUN.

89. The Relative Pronoun is quī, who. It is declined:—

SINGULARPLURAL.
MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.MASCULINE.FEMININE.NEUTER.
Nom.quīquaequodquīquaequae
Gen.cūjuscūjuscūjusquōrumquārumquōrum
Dat.cuicuicuiquibus26quibusquibus
Acc.quemquamquodquōsquāsquae
Abl.quō27quā27quōquibus26quibusquibus

VII. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.

90. The Interrogative Pronouns are quis, who? (substantive) and quī, what? what kind of? (adjective).

1. Quis, who?

SINGULAR.PLURAL.
MASC. AND FEM.NEUTER
Nom.quisquidThe rare Plural
Gen.cūjuscūjusfollows the declension
Dat.cuicuiof the Relative Pronoun.
Acc.quemquid
Abl.quōquō

2. Quī, what? what kind of? is declined precisely like the Relative Pronoun; viz. quī, quae, quod, etc.

a. An old Ablative quī occurs, in the sense of how? why?

b. Quī is sometimes used for quis in Indirect Questions.

c. Quis, when limiting words denoting persons, is sometimes an adjective. But in such cases quis homō = what man? whereas quī homō = what sort of man?

d. Quis and quī may be strengthened by adding -nam. Thus:—

Substantive:quisnam, who, pray? quidnam, what, pray?
Adjective:quīnam, quaenam, quodnam, of what kind, pray?

VIII. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.

91. These have the general force of some one, any one.

SUBSTANTIVES.ADJECTIVES.
M. AND F.NEUT.MASC.FEM.NEUT.
quis,quid,quī,quae, qua,quod,
any one, anything.any.
aliquis,aliquid,aliquī,aliqua,aliquod,
some one, something.any.
quisquam,quidquam,quisquam,quidquam,
any one, anything.any (rare)
quispiam,quidpiam,quispiam,quaepiam,quodpiam,
any one, anything.any.
quisque,quidque,quisque,quaeque,quodque,
each.each.
quīvīs,quaevīs,quidvīs,quīvis,quaevīs,quodvis,
quīlibet,quaelibet,quidlibetquilibet,quaelibet,quodlibet,
any one (anything) you wishany you wish
quīdam,quaedam,quiddam,quīdam,quaedam,quoddam,
a certain person, or thing.a certain

1. In the Indefinite Pronouns, only the pronominal part is declined. Thus: Genitive Singular alicūjus, cūjuslibet, etc.

2. Note that aliquī has aliqua in the Nominative Singular Feminine, also in the Nominative and Accusative Plural Neuter. Quī has both qua and quae in these same cases.

3. Quīdam forms Accusative Singular quendam, quandam; Genitive Plural quōrundam, quārundam; the m being assimilated to n before d.

4. Aliquis may be used adjectively, and (occasionally) aliquī substantively.

5. In combination with nē, sī, nisi, num, either quis or quī may stand as a Substantive. Thus: sī quis or sī quī.

6. Ecquis, any one, though strictly an Indefinite, generally has interrogative force. It has both substantive and adjective forms,—substantive, ecquis, ecquid; adjective, ecquī, ecquae and ecqua, ecquod.

7. Quisquam is not used in the Plural.

8. There are two Indefinite Relatives,—quīcumque and quisquis, whoever. Quīcumque declines only the first part; quisquis declines both but has only quisquis, quidquid, quōquō, in common use.


PRONOMINAL ADJECTIVES.

92. The following adjectives, also, frequently have pronominal force:—

1.

alius, another;alter, the other;
uter, which of two? (interr.);
whichever of two (rel.);
neuter, neither;
ūnus, one;nūllus, no one (in oblique cases)

2. The compounds,—

uterque, utraque, utrumque, each of two;
utercumque, utracumque, utrumcumque, whoever of two;
uterlibet, utralibet, utrumlibet, either one you please;
utervīs, utravīs, utrumvīs, either one you please;
alteruter, alterutra, alterutrum, the one or the other.

In these, uter alone is declined. The rest of the word remains unchanged, except in case of alteruter, which may decline both parts; as,—

Nom.alteruteraltera utraalterum utrum
Gen.alterius utrīus, etc.

Chapter II — Conjugation

93. A Verb is a word which asserts something; as, est, he is; amat, he loves. The Inflection of Verbs is called Conjugation.

94. Verbs have Voice, Mood, Tense, Number, and Person:—

1. Two Voices,

—Active and Passive.

2. Three Moods,—Indicative, Subjunctive, Imperative.

3. Six Tenses,—

Present,Perfect,
Imperfect,Pluperfect,
Future,Future Perfect.

But the Subjunctive lacks the Future and Future Perfect; while the Imperative employs only the Present and Future.

4. Two Numbers,

—Singular and Plural.

5. Three Persons,—First, Second, and Third.

95. These make up the so-called Finite Verb. Besides this, we have the following Noun and Adjective Forms:—

1. Noun Forms,—Infinitive, Gerund, and Supine.

2. Adjective Forms,—Participles (including the Gerundive).

96. The Personal Endings of the Verb are,—

Active.Passive.
Sing. 1.-ō; -m; -ī (Perf. Ind.);-r.
2.-s; -stī (Perf Ind.);
-tō or wanting (Impv.);
-rīs, -re;
-re, -tor (Impv.).
3.-t; -tō (Impv.);-tur; -tor (Impv.).
Plu. 1.-mus;-mur.
2.-tis; -stis (Perf. Ind.);
-te, -tōte (Impv.);
-minī.
3.-nt; -ērunt (Perf Ind.);
-ntō (Impv.);
-ntur; -ntor (Impv.).

VERB STEMS.

97. Conjugation consists in appending certain endings to the Stem. We distinguish three different stems in a fully inflected verb,—

I. Present Stem, from which are formed—
    1. Present, Imperfect, and Future Indicative,
    2. Present and Imperfect Subjunctive,
    3. The Imperative,
    4. The Present Infinitive,
    - (Active and Passive.)
    5. The Present Active Participle, the Gerund, and Gerundive.
II. Perfect Stem, from which are formed—
    1. Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect Indicative,
    2. Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive,
    3. Perfect Infinitive,
    - (Active.)
III. Participial Stem, from which are formed—
    1. Perfect Participle,
    2. Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect Indicative,
    3. Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive,
    4. Perfect Infinitive,
    - (Passive.)

Apparently from the same stem, though really of different origin, are the Supine, the Future Active Participle, the Future Infinitive Active and Passive.

THE FOUR CONJUGATIONS.

98. There are in Latin four regular Conjugations, distinguished from each other by the vowel of the termination of the Present Infinitive Active, as follows:—

CONJUGATION.INFINITIVE TERMINATION.DISTINGUISHING VOWEL.
I.-āreā
II.-ēreē
III.-ĕreĕ
IV.-īreī

99. PRINCIPAL PARTS. The Present Indicative, Present Infinitive, Perfect Indicative, and the Perfect Participle28 constitute the Principal Parts of a Latin verb,—so called because they contain the different stems, from which the full conjugation of the verb may be derived.


CONJUGATION OF SUM.

100. The irregular verb sum is so important for the conjugation of all other verbs that its inflection is given at the outset.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.FUT. PARTIC.29
sumessefuīfutūrus
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
sum, I am,sumus, we are,
es, thou art,estis, you are,
est, he is;sunt, they are.
IMPERFECT.
eram, I was,erāmus, we were,
erās, thou wast,erātis, you were,
erat, he was;erant, they were.
FUTURE.
erō, I shall be,erimus, we shall be,
eris, thou wilt be,eritis, you will be,
erit, he will be;erunt, they will be.
PERFECT.
fuī, I have been, I was,fuimus, we have been, we were,
fuistī, thou hast been, thou wast,fuistis, you have been, you were,
fuit, he has been, he was;fuērunt, fuēre,
they have been, they were.
PLUPERFECT.
fueram, I had been,fuerāmus, we had been,
fuerās, thou hadst been,fuerātis, you had been,
fuerat, he had been;fuerant, they had been.
FUTURE PERFECT.
fuerō, I shall have been,fuerimus, we shall have been,
fueris, thou wilt have been,fueritis, you will have been,
fuerit, he will have been;fuerint, they will have been.
SUBJUNCTIVE.30
PRESENT.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
sim, may I be,sīmus, let us be,
sīs, mayst thou be,sītis, be ye, may you be,
sit, let him be, may he be;sint, let them be.
IMPERFECT.
essem,31 I should be,essēmus, we should be,
essēs,31 thou wouldst be,essētis, you would be,
esset,31 he would be;essent,31 they would be.
PERFECT.
fuerim, I may have been,fuerīmus, we may have been,
fuerīs, thou mayst have been,fuerītis, you may have been,
fuerit, he may have been;fuerint, they may have been.
PLUPERFECT.
fuissem, I should have been,fuissēmus, we should have been.
fuissēs, thou wouldst have been,fuissētis, you would have been,
fuisset, he would have been;fuissent, they would have been.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.es, be thou;este, be ye,
Fut.estō, thou shalt be,estōte, ye shall be,
estō, he shall be;suntō, they shall be.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.esse, to be.
Perf.fuisse, to have been.
Fut.futūrus esse,32 to be about to be.Fut. futūrus,33 about to be.

FIRST (OR Ā-) CONJUGATION.

101. Active Voice.—Amō, I love.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.PERF. PASS. PARTIC.
amōamāreamāvīamātus
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
amō, I love,amāmus, we love,
amās, you love,amātis, you love,
amat, he loves;amant, they love.
IMPERFECT.
amābam, I was loving,34amābāmus, we were loving,
amābās, you were loving,amābātis, you were loving,
amābat, he was loving;amābant, they were loving
FUTURE.
amābō, I shall love,amābimus, we shall love,
amābis, you will love,amābitis, you will love,
amābit, he will love;amābunt, they will love.
PERFECT.
amāvī, I have loved, I loved,amāvimus, we have loved, we loved,
amāvistī, you have loved, you lovedamāvistis, you have loved, you loved,
amāvit, he has loved, he loved;amāvērunt, -ēre, they have loved, they loved.
PLUPERFECT.
amāveram, I had loved,amāverāmus, we had loved,
amāverās, you had loved,amāverātis, you had loved,
amāverat, he had loved;amāverant, they had loved.
FUTURE PERFECT.
amāverō, I shall have loved,amāverimus, we shall have loved,
amāveris, you will have loved,amāveritis, you will have loved,
amāverit, he will have loved;amāverint, they will have loved.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
amem, may I love,amēmus, let us love,
amēs, may you love,amētis, may you love,
amet, let him love;ament, let them love.
IMPERFECT.
amārem, I should love,amārēmus, we should love,
amārēs, you would love,amārētis, you would love,
amāret, he would love;amārent, they would love.
PERFECT.
amāverim, I may have loved,amāverīmus, we may have loved,
amāverīs, you may have loved,amāverītis, you may have loved,
amāverit, he may have loved;amāverint, they may have loved.
PLUPERFECT.
amāvissem, I should have loved,amāvīssēmus, we should have loved,
amāvissēs, you would have loved,amāvissētis, you would have loved,
amāvisset, he would have loved;amāvissent, they would have loved.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.amā, love thou;amāte, love ye.
Fut.amātō, thou shalt love,amātōte, ye shall love,
amātō, he shall love;amantō, they shall love.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.amāre, to love.Pres.amāns,35 loving.
Perf.amāvisse, to have loved.(Gen. amantis.)
Fut.amātūrus esse, to be about to loveFut.amātūrus, about to love.
GERUND.SUPINE.
Gen.amandī, of loving,
Dat.amandō, for loving,
Acc.amandum, loving,Acc.amātum, to love,
Abl.amandō, by loving.Abl.amātū, to love, be loved.

102. Passive Voice.—Amor, I am loved.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.
amōramārīamātus sum
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I am loved.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
amoramāmur
amārisamāminī
amāturamantur
IMPERFECT
I was loved.
amābaramābāmur
amābāris, or -reamābāmini
amābāturamābantur
FUTURE.
I shall be loved.
amāboramābimur
amāberis, or -reamābiminī
amābituramābuntur
PERFECT
I have been loved, or I was loved.
amātus (-a, -um) sum36amātī (-ae, -a) sumus
amātus esamātī estis
amātus estamātī sunt
PLUPERFECT.
I had been loved.
amātus eram36amātī erāmus
amātus erāsamātī erātis
amātus eratamātī erant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have been loved.
amātus erō36amātī erimus
amātus erisamātī eritis
amātus eritamātī erunt
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I be loved, let him be loved.
ameramēmur
amēris, or -reamēmini
amēturamentur
IMPERFECT.
I should be loved, he would be loved.
amāreramārēmur
amārēris, or -reamārēminī
amārēturamārentur
PERFECT.
I may have been loved.
amātus sim37amātī sīmus
amātus sīsamāti sītis
amātus sitamāti sint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have been loved, he would have been loved.
amātus essem37amātī essēmus
amātus essēsamātī essētis
amātus essetamāti essent
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.amāre,38 be thou loved;amāminī, be ye loved.
Fut.amātor, thou shalt be loved,
amātor, he shall be loved;amantor, they shall be loved.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.amārī, to be loved.
Perf.amātus esse, to have been loved.Perfect.amātus, loved, having been loved.
Fut.amātum īrī, to be about to be loved.Gerundive.amandus, to be loved, deserving to be loved.

SECOND (OR Ē-) CONJUGATION.

103. Active voice.—Moneō, I advise.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.PERF. PASS. PARTIC.
moneōmonēremonuīmonitus
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I advise.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
moneōmonēmus
monēsmonētis
monetmonent
IMPERFECT.
I was advising, or I advised.
monēbammonēbāmus
monēbāsmonēbātis
monēbatmonēbant
FUTURE.
I shall advise.
monēbōmonēbimus
monēbismonēbitis
monēbitmonēbunt
PERFECT.
I have advised, or I advised.
monuīmonuimus
monuistīmonuistis
monuitmonuērunt, or -ēre
PLUPERFECT.
I had advised.
monuerammonuerāmus
monuerāsmonuerātis
monueratmonuerant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have advised.
monuerōmonuerimus
monuerismonueritis
monueritmonuerint
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I advise, let him advise.
moneammoneāmus
moneāsmoneātis
moneatmoneant
IMPERFECT.
I should advise, he would advise.
monēremmonērēmus
monērēsmonērētis
monēretmonērent
PERFECT.
I may have advised.
monuerimmonuerīmus
monuerīsmonuerītis
monueritmonuerint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have advised, he would have advised.
monuissemmonuissēmus
monuissēsmonuissētis
monuissetmonuissent
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.monē, advise thou;monēte, advise ye.
Fut.monētō, thou shall advise,monētōte, ye shall advise,
monētō, he shall advise;monentō, they shall advise.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.monēre, to advise.Pres.monēns, advising.
Perf.monuisse, to have advised.(Gen. monentis.)
Fut.monitūrus esse, to be about to advise.Fut.monitūrus, about to advise.
GERUND.SUPINE.
Gen.monendī, of advising,
Dat.monendō, for advising,
Acc.monendum, advising,Acc.monitum, to advise,
Abl.monendō, by advising.Abl.monitū, to advise, be advised.

104. Passive voice.—Moneor, I am advised.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.
moneormonērīmonitus sum
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I am advised.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
moneormonēmur
monērismonēminī
monēturmonentur
IMPERFECT.
I was advised.
monēbarmonēbāmur
monēbāris, or -remonēbāminī
monēbāturmonēbantur
FUTURE.
I shall be advised.
monēbormonēbimur
monēberis, or -remonēbiminī
monēbiturmonēbuntur
PERFECT.
I have been advised, I was advised.
monitus summonitī sumus
monitus esmonitī estis
monitus estmonitī sunt
PLUPERFECT.
I had been advised.
monitus erammonitī erāmus
monitus erāsmonitī erātis
monitus eratmonitī erant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have been advised.
monitus erōmonitī erimus
monitus erismonitī eritis
monitus eritmonitī erunt
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I be advised, let him be advised.
monearmoneāmur
moneāris, or -remoneāminī
moneāturmoneantur
IMPERFECT.
I should be advised, he would be advised.
monērermonērēmur
monērēris, or -remonērēminī
monērēturmonērentur
PERFECT.
I may have been advised.
monitus simmonitī sīmus
monitus sīsmonitī sītis
monitus sitmonitī sint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have been advised, he would have been advised.
monitus essemmonitī essēmus
monitus essēsmonitī essētis
monitus essetmonitī essent
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.monēre, be thou advised;monēminī, be ye advised.
Fut.monētor, thou shalt be advised,
monētor, he shall be advised.monentor, they shall be advised.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.monērī, to be advised.Perfect.monitus, advised, having been advised.
Perf.monitus esse, to have been advised
Fut.monitum īrī, to be about to be advised.Gerundive.monendus, to be advised, deserving to be advised.

THIRD (OR CONSONANT-) CONJUGATION.

105. Active Voice.—Regō, I rule.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.PERF. PASS. PARTIC.
regōregererēxīrēctus
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I rule
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
regōregimus
regisregitis
regitregunt
IMPERFECT.
I was ruling, or I ruled.
regēbamregēbāmus
regēbāsregēbātis
regēbatregēbant
FUTURE.
I shall rule.
regamregēmus
regēsregētis
regetregent
PERFECT.
I have ruled, or I ruled
rēxīrēximus
rēxistīrēxistis
rēxitrēxērunt, or -ēre
PLUPERFECT.
I had ruled.
rēxeramrēxerāmus
rēxerāsrēxerātis
rēxeratrēxerant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have ruled.
rēxerōrēxerimus
rēxerisrēxeritis
rēxeritrēxerint
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I rule, let him rule.
regamregāmus
regāsregātis
regatregant
IMPERFECT.
I should rule, he would rule.
regeremregerēmus
regerēsregerētis
regeretregerent
PERFECT.
I may have ruled.
rēxerimrēxerīmus
rēxerīsrēxerītis
rēxeritrēxerint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have ruled, he would have ruled.
rēxissemrēxissēmus
rēxissēsrēxissētis
rēxissetrēxissent
IMPERATIVE.
rege, rule thou;regite, rule ye.
regitō, thou shall rule,regitōte, ye shall rule,
regitō, he shall rule;reguntō, they shall rule.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
regere, to rule.Pres.regēns, ruling.
rēxisse, to have ruled.(Gen. regentis.)
rēctūrus esse, to be about to ruleFut.rēctūrus, about to rule.
GERUND.SUPINE.
regendī, of ruling,
regendō, for ruling,
regendum, ruling,Acc.rēctum, to rule,
regendō, by ruling.Abl.rēctū, to rule, be ruled.

106. Passive Voice.—Regor, I am ruled.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.
regorregīrēctus sum
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I am ruled.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
regorregimur
regerisregiminī
regiturreguntur
IMPERFECT.
I was ruled.
regēbarregēbāmur
regēbāris, or -reregēbāminī
regēbāturregēbantur
FUTURE.
I shall be ruled.
regarregēmur
regēris, or -reregēminī
regēturregentur
PERFECT.
I have been ruled, or I was ruled.
rēctus sumrēctī sumus
rēctus esrēctī estis
rēctus estrēctī sunt
PLUPERFECT.
I had been ruled.
rēctus eramrēctī erāmus
rēctus erāsrēctī erātis
rēctus eratrēctī erant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have been ruled
rēctus erōrēctī erimus
rēctus erisrēctī eritis
rēctus eritrēctī erunt
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I be ruled, let him be ruled.
regarregāmur
regāris, or -reregāminī
regāturregantur
IMPERFECT.
I should be ruled, he would be ruled.
regererregerēmur
regerēris, or -reregerēminī
regerēturregerentur
PERFECT.
I may have been ruled.
rēctus simrēctī sīmus
rēctus sīsrēctī sītis
rēctus sitrēctī sint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have been ruled, he would have been ruled.
rēctus essemrēctī essēmus
rēctus essēsrectī essētis
rēctus essetrectī essent
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.regere, be thou ruled;regiminī, be ye ruled.
Fut.regitor, thou shalt be ruled,
regitor, he shall be ruled;reguntor, they shall be ruled.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.regī, to be ruled.Perfect.rēctus, ruled, having been ruled.
Perf.rēctus esse, to have been ruled.Gerundive.regendus, to be ruled, deserving to be ruled.
Fut.rēctum īrī, to be about to be ruled.

FOURTH (OR Ī-) CONJUGATION.

107. Active voice.—Audiō, I hear.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.PERF. PASS. PARTIC.
audiōaudīreaudīvīaudītus
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I hear.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
audiōaudīmus
audīsaudītis
auditaudiunt
IMPERFECT.
I was hearing, or I heard.
audiēbamaudiēbāmus
audiēbāsaudiēbātis
audiēbataudiēbant
FUTURE.
I shall hear.
audiamaudiēmus
audiēsaudiētis
audietaudient
PERFECT.
I have heard, or I heard.
audīvīaudīvimus
audīvistīaudīvistis
audīvitaudīvērunt, or -ēre
PLUPERFECT.
I had heard.
audīveramaudīverāmus
audīverāsaudīverātis
audīverataudīverant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have heard.
audīverōaudīverimus
audīverisaudīveritis
audīveritaudīverint
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I hear, let him hear.
audiamaudiāmus
audiāsaudiātis
audiataudiant
IMPERFECT.
I should hear, he would hear.
audīremaudīrēmus
audīrēsaudīrētis
audīretaudīrent
PERFECT.
I may have heard.
audīverimaudīverīmus
audīverīsaudīverītis
audīveritaudīverint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have heard, he would have heard.
audīvissemaudīvissēmus
audīvissēsaudīvissētis
audīvissetaudīvissent
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.audī, hear thou;audīte, hear ye.
Fut.audītō, thou shalt hear,audītōte, ye shall hear,
audītō, he shall hear;audiuntō, they shall hear.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.audīre, to hear.Pres.audiēns, hearing.
Perf.audīvisse, to have heard.(Gen. audientis.)
Fut.audītūrus esse, to be about to hear.Fut.audītūrus, about to hear.
GERUND.SUPINE
Gen.audiendī, of hearing,
Dat.audiendō, for hearing,
Acc.audiendum, hearing,Acc.audītum, to hear,
Abl.audiendō, by hearing.Abl.audītū, to hear, be heard.

108. Passive Voice.—Audior, I am heard.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.
audioraudīrīaudītus sum
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
I am heard.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
audioraudīmur
audīrisaudīminī
audīturaudiuntur
IMPERFECT.
I was heard.
audiēbaraudiēbāmur
audiēbāris, or -reaudiēbāminī
audiēbāturaudiēbantur
FUTURE.
I shall be heard.
audiaraudiēmur
audiēris, or -reaudiēminī
audiēturaudientur
PERFECT.
I have been heard, or I was heard.
audītus sumaudītī sumus
audītus esaudītī estis
audītus estaudītī sunt
PLUPERFECT.
I had been heard.
audītus eramaudītī erāmus
audītus erāsaudītī erātis
audītus erataudītī erant
FUTURE PERFECT.
I shall have been heard.
audītus erōaudītī erimus
audītus erisaudītī eritis
audītus eritaudītī erunt
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
May I be heard, let him be heard.
audiaraudiāmur
audiāris, or -reaudiāminī
audiāturaudiantur
IMPERFECT.
I should be heard, he would be heard.
audīreraudīrēmur
audīrēris, or -reaudirēminī
audīrēturaudīrentur
PERFECT.
I may have been heard.
audītus simaudītī sīmus
audītus sīsaudītī sītis
audītus sitaudītī sint
PLUPERFECT.
I should have been heard, he would have been heard.
audītus essemaudītī essēmus
audītus essēsaudītī essētis
audītus essetaudītī essent
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.audīre, be thou heard;audīminī, be ye heard.
Fut.audītor, thou shalt be heard,
audītor, he shall be heard;audiuntor, they shall be heard.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.audīrī, to be heard.Perfect.audītus, heard, having been heard
Perf.audītus esse, to have been heard.Gerundive.audiendus, to be heard, deserving to be heard
Fut.audītum īrī, to be about to be heard.

VERBS IN -IŌ OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION.

109. 1. Verbs in -iō of the Third Conjugation take the endings of the Fourth Conjugation wherever the latter endings have two successive vowels. This occurs only in the Present System.

2. Here belong—

a) capiō, to take; cupiō, to desire; faciō, to make; fodiō, to dig; fugiō, to flee; jaciō, to throw; pariō, to bear; quatiō, to shake; rapiō, to seize; sapiō, to taste.

b) Compounds of laciō and speciō (both ante-classical); as, alliciō, entice; cōnspiciō, behold.

c) The deponents gradior, to go; morior, to die, patior, to suffer.

110. Active voice.—Capiō, I take.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.PERF. PASS. PARTIC.
capiō,capere,cēpī,captus.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
capiō, capis, capit;capimus, capitis, capiunt.
IMPERFECT.
capiēbam, -iēbās, -iēbat;capiēbāmus, -iēbātis, -iēbant.
FUTURE.
capiam, -iēs, -iet;capiēmus, -iētis, -ient.
PERFECT.
cēpī, -istī, -it;cēpimus, -istis, -ērunt or -ēre.
PLUPERFECT.
cēperam, -erās, -erat;cēperāmus, -erātis, -erant.
FUTURE PERFECT.
cēperō, -eris, -erit;cēperimus, -eritis, -erint.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
capiam, -iās, -iat;capiāmus, -iātis, -iant.
IMPERFECT.
caperem, -erēs, -eret;caperēmus, -erētis, -erent.
PERFECT.
cēperim, -eris, -erit;cēperīmus, -erītis, -erint.
PLUPERFECT.
cēpissem, -issēs, -isset;cēpissēmus, -issētis, -issent.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.cape;capite.
Fut.capitō,capitōte,
capitō;capiuntō.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.caperePres.capiēns.
Perf.cēpisse.
Fut.captūrus esse.Fut.captūrus.
GERUND.SUPINE.
Gen.capiendī,
Dat.capiendō,
Acc.capiendum,Acc.captum,
Abl.capiendō.Abl.captū.

111. Passive Voice.—Capior, I am taken.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
PRES. IND.PRES. INF.PERF. IND.
capior,capī,captus sum.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
PRESENT TENSE.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
capior, caperis, capitur;capimur, capiminī, capiuntur.
IMPERFECT.
capiēbar, -iēbāris, -iēbātur;capiēbāmur, -iēbāminī, -iēbantur.
FUTURE.
capiar, -iēris, -iētur;capiēmur, -iēminī, -ientur.
PERFECT.
captus sum, es, est;captī sumus, estis, sunt.
PLUPERFECT.
captus eram, erās, erat;captī erāmus, erātis, erant.
FUTURE PERFECT.
captus erō, eris, erit;captī erimus, eritis, erunt.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
PRESENT.
capiar, -iāris, -iātur;capiāmur, -iāminī, -iantur.
IMPERFECT.
caperer, -erēris, -erētur;caperēmur, -erēminī, -erentur.
PERFECT.
captus sim, sīs, sit;captī sīmus, sītis, sint.
PLUPERFECT.
captus essem, essēs, esset;captī essēmus, essētis, essent.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.capere;capiminī.
Fut.capitor,
capitor;capiuntor.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.capī.
Perf.captus esse.Perfect.captus.
Fut.captum īrī.Gerundive.capiendus.

DEPONENT VERBS.

112. Deponent Verbs have in the main Passive forms with Active or Neuter meaning. But—

a. They have the following Active forms: Future Infinitive, Present and Future Participles, Gerund, and Supine.

b. They have the following Passive meanings: always in the Gerundive, and sometimes in the Perfect Passive Participle; as—

sequendus, to be followed; adeptus, attained.

113. Paradigms of Deponent Verbs are—

I. Conj.mīror, mīrārī, mīrātus sum, admire.
II. Conj.vereor, vererī, veritus sum, fear.
III. Conj.sequor, sequī, secūtus sum, follow.
IV. Conj.largior, largīrī, largītus sum, give.
III. (in -ior)patior, patī, passus sum, suffer.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
I.II.III.IV.III (in -ior)
Pres.mīrorvereorsequorlargiorpatior
mīrārisverērissequerislargirispateris
mīrāturverētursequiturlargīturpatitur
mīramurverēmursequimurlargīmurpatimur
mīrāminīverēminīsequiminīlargīminīpatiminī
mīranturverentursequunturlargiunturpatiuntur
Impf.mīrābarverēbarsequēbarlargiēbarpatiēbar
Fut.mīrāborverēborsequarlargiarpatiar
Perf.mirātus sumveritus sumsecūtus sumlargītus sumpassus sum
Plup.mīrātus eramveritus eramsecūtus eramlargītus erampassus eram
F.P.mīrātus erōveritus erōsecūtus erōlargītus erōpassus erō
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.mīrerverearsequarlargiarpatiar
Impf.mīrārerverērersequererlargīrerpaterer
Perf.mīrātus simveritus simsecūtus simlargītus simpassus sim
Plup.mīrātus essemveritus essemsectūtus essemlargītus essempassus essem
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.mīrāre, etc.verēre, etc.sequere, etc.largīre, etc.patere, etc.
Fut.mīrātor, etc.verētor, etc.sequitor, etc.largītor, etc.patitor, etc.
INFINITIVE.
Pres.mīrāriverērīsequīlargīrīpatī
Perf.mīrātus esseveritus essesecūtus esselargītus essepassus esse
Fut.mīrātūrus esseveritūrus essesecūtūrus esselargītūrus essepassūrus esse
PARTICIPLES.
Pres.mīrānsverēnssequēnslargiēnspatiēns
Fut.mīrātūrusveritūrussecūtūruslargitūruspassūrus
Perf.mīrātusveritussecūtuslargituspassus
Ger.mīrandusverendussequenduslargienduspatiendus
GERUND.
mīrandīverendīsequendīlargiendīpatiendī
mirandō, etc.verendō, etc.sequendō, etc.largiendō, etc.patiendō, etc.
SUPINE.
mīrātum, -tūveritum, -tūsecūtum, -tūlargītum, -tūpassum, -sū

SEMI-DEPONENTS.

114. 1. Semi-Deponents are verbs which have the Present System in the Active Voice, but the Perfect System in the Passive without change of meaning. Here belong—

audeō,audēre,ausus sum, to dare.
gaudeō,gaudēre,gāvīsus sum, to rejoice.
soleō,solēre,solitus sum, to be wont.
fīdō,fīdere,fīsus sum, to trust.

2. The following verbs have a Perfect Passive Participle with Active meaning:—

adolēscō, grow up;adultus, having grown up,
cēnāre, dine;cēnātus, having dined.
placēre, please;placitus, having pleased, agreeable.
prandēre, lunch;prānsus, having lunched.
pōtāre, drink;pōtus, having drunk.
jūrāre, swear;jūrātus, having sworn.

a. Jūrātus is used in a passive sense also.

3. Revertor and dēvertor both regularly form their Perfect in the Active Voice; viz.—

revertor,revertī (Inf.),revertī (Perf.), to return.
dēvertor,dēvertī (Inf.),dēvertī (Perf.), to turn aside.

PERIPHRASTIC CONJUGATION.

115. There are two Periphrastic Conjugations,—the Active and the Passive. The Active is formed by combining the Future Active Participle with the auxiliary sum, the Passive by combining the Gerundive with the same auxiliary.

Active Periphrastic Conjugation.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
Pres.amātūrus (-a, -um) sum, I am about to love.
Inf.amātūrus eram, I was about to love.
Fut.amātūrus erō, I shall be about to love.
Perf.amātūrus fuī, I have been (was) about to love.
Plup.amātūrus fueram, I had been about to love.
Fut. P.amātūrus fuerō, I shall have been about to love.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.amātūrus sim, may I be about to love.
Imp.amātūrus essem, I should be about to love.
Perf.amātūrus fuerim, I may have been about to love.
Plup.amātūrus fuissem, I should have been about to love.
INFINITIVE.
Pres.amātūrus esse, to be about to love.
Perf.amātūrus fuisse, to have been about to love.
Passive Periphrastic Conjugation.

INDICATIVE.
Pres.amandus (-a, -um) sum, I am to be loved, must be loved.
Imp.amandus eram, I was to be loved.
Fut.amandus erō, I shall deserve to be loved.
Perf.amandus fuī, I was to be loved.
Plup.amandus fueram, I had deserved to be loved.
Fut. P.amandus fuerō, I shall have deserved to be loved.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.amandus sim, may I deserve to be loved.
Imp.amandus essem, I should deserve to be loved.
Perf.amandus fuerim, I may have deserved to be loved.
Plup.amendus fuissem, I should have deserved to be loved.
INFINITIVE.
Pres.amandus esse, to deserve to be loved.
Perf.amantus fuisse, to have deserved to be loved.

PECULIARITIES OF CONJUGATION.

116. 1. Perfects in -āvī, -ēvī, and -īvī, with the forms derived from them, often drop the ve or vi before endings beginning with r or s. So also nōvī (from nōscō) and the compounds of mōvī (from moveō). Thus:—

amāvistīamāstīdēlēvistīdēlēstī
amāvisseamāssedēlēvissedēlēsse
amāvēruntamāruntdēlēvēruntdēlērunt
amāverimamārimdēlēverimdēlērim
amāveramamāramdēlēveramdēlēram
amāverōamārōdēlēverōdēlērō
nōvistīnōstīnōverimnōrim
nōvissenōssenōveramnōram
audīvistīaudīstīaudīvisseaudīsse

2. In the Gerund and Gerundive of the Third and Fourth Conjugations, the endings -undus, -undī, often occur instead of -endus and -endī, as faciundus, faciundī.

3. Dīcō, dūcō, faciō, form the Imperatives, dīc, dūc, fac. But compounds of faciō form the Imperative in -fice, as cōnfice. Compounds of dīcō, dūcō, accent the ultima; as, ēdū´c, ēdī´c.

4. Archaic and Poetic forms:—

a. The ending -ier in the Present Infinitive Passive; as, amārier, monērier, dīcier, for amārī, monērī, dīcī.

b. The ending -ībam for -iēbam in Imperfects of the Fourth Conjugation, and -ībō for -iam in Futures; as, scībam, scībō, for sciēbam, sciam.

c. Instead of the fuller forms, in such words as dīxistī, scrīpsistis, surrēxisse, we sometimes find dīxtī, scrīpstis, surrēxe, etc.

d. The endings -im, -īs, etc. (for -am, -ās, etc.) occur in a few Subjunctive forms; as, edim (eat), duint, perduint.

5. In the Future Active and Perfect Passive Infinitive, the auxiliary esse is often omitted; as, āctūrum for ācturum esse; ējectus for ējectus esse.


FORMATION OF THE VERB STEMS.

Formation of the Present Stem

117. Many verbs employ the simple Verb Stem for the Present Stem;39 as, dīcere, amāre, monēre, audīre. Others modify the Verb Stem to form the Present, as follows:—

1. By appending the vowels, ā, ē, ī; as,—

Present StemVerb Stem
juvāre,juvā-juv-.
augēre,augē-aug-.
vincīre,vincī-vinc-.

2. By adding i, as capiō, Present Stem capi- (Verb Stem cap-).

3. By the insertion of n (m before labial-mutes) before the final consonant of the Verb Stem; as, fundō (Stem fud-), rumpō (Stem rup-).

4. By appending -n to the Verb Stem; as,—

cern-ō pell-ō (for pel-nō).

5. By appending t to the Verb Stem; as,—

flect-ō.

6. By appending sc to the Verb Stem; as,—

crēsc-ō. scīsc-ō.

7. By Reduplication, that is, by prefixing the initial consonant of the Verb Stem with i; as,—

gi-gn-ō (root gen-), si-st-ō (root sta-).

Formation of the Perfect Stem

118. The Perfect Stem is formed from the Verb Stem—

1. By adding v (in case of Vowel Stems); as,—

amāv-ī, dēlēv-ī, audīv-ī.

2. By adding u (in case of some Consonant Stems); as,—

strepu-ī, genu-ī, alu-ī.

3. By adding s (in case of most Consonant Stems); as,—

carp-ō,Perfectcarps-ī.
scrīb-ō,″scrīps-ī (for scrīb-sī).
rīd-eō,″rīs-ī (for rīd-sī).
sent-iō,″sēns-ī (for sent-sī).
dīc-ō,″dīx-ī (i.e. dīc-sī).

a. Note that before the ending -sī a Dental Mute (t, d) is lost; a Guttural Mute (c, g) unites with s to form x; while the Labial b is changed to p.

4. Without addition. Of this formation there are three types:—

a) The Verb Stem is reduplicated by prefixing the initial consonant with the following vowel or e; as,—

currō,Perfectcu-currī.
poscō,″po-poscī.
pellō,″pe-pulī.

NOTE 1.—Compounds, with the exception of dō, stō, sistō, discō, poscō, omit the reduplication. Thus: com-pulī, but re-poposcī.

NOTE 2.—Verbs beginning with sp or st retain both consonants in the reduplication, but drop s from the stem; as, spondeō, spo-pondī; stō, stetī.

b) The short vowel of the Verb Stem is lengthened; as, legō, lēgī; agō, ēgī. Note that ă by this process becomes ē.

c) The vowel of the Verb Stem is unchanged; as, vertō, vertī; minuō, minuī.

Formation of the Participial Stem

119. The Perfect Passive Participle, from which the Participial Stem is derived by dropping -us, is formed:—

1. By adding -tus (sometimes to the Present Stem, sometimes to the Verb Stem); as,—

amā-re,Participleamā-tus.
dēlē-re,″dēlē-tus,
audī-re,″audī-tus,
leg-ere,″lēc-tus,
scrīb-ere,″scrīp-tus,
sentī-re,″sēn-sus (for sent-tus).
caed-ere,″cae-sus (for caed-tus).

a. Note that g, before t, becomes c (see § 8, 5); b becomes p; while dt or tt becomes ss, which is then often simplified to s (§ 8, 2).

2. After the analogy of Participles like sēnsus and caesus, where -sus arises by phonetic change, -sus for -tus is added to other Verb Stems; as,—

lāb-ī,Participlelāp-sus.
fīg-ere,″fī-xus.

a. The same consonant changes occur in appending this ending -sus to the stem as in the case of the Perfect ending -si (see § 118, 3, a).

3. A few Verbs form the Participle in -ĭtus; as,—

domā-re,dom-ĭtus.
monē-re,mon-ĭtus.

4. The Future Active Participle is usually identical in its stem with the Perfect Passive Participle; as, amā-tus, amātūrus; moni-tus, monitūrus. But—

juvā-re,Perf. Partic.jūtus,has Fut. Act. Partic.juvātūrus.40
lavā-re,″lautus,″lavātūrus.
par-ere,″partus,″paritūrus.
ru-ere,″rutus,″ruitūrus.
secă-re,″sectus,″secātūrus.
fru-ĭ,″frūctus,″fruitūrus.
mor-ī,″mortuus,″moritūrus.
orī-rī,″ortus,″oritūrus.

LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VERBS, WITH PRINCIPAL PARTS.

First (Ā-) Conjugation

120. I. PERFECT IN -VĪ.

amō amāre amāvī amātus love

All regular verbs of the First Conjugation follow this model.

pōtō pōtāre pōtāvī pōtus (§ 114, 2) drink

II. PERFECT IN -UĪ.

crepōcrepārecrepuīcrepitūrusrattle
cubōcubārecubuīcubitūruslie down
domōdomāredomuīdomitustame
fricōfricārefricuīfrictus and fricātusrub
micōmicāremicuī——glitter
dīmicōdīmicāredīmicāvīdīmicātum (est)41fight
ex-plicōexplicāreexplicāvī (-uī)explicātus (-itus)unfold
im-plicōimplicāreimplicāvī (-uī)implicātus (-itus)entwine
secōsecāresecuīsectuscut
sonōsonāresonuīsonātūrussound
tonōtonāretonuī——thunder
vetōvetārevetuīvetitusforbid

III. PERFECT IN -Ī WITH LENGTHENING OF THE STEM VOWEL.

juvōjuvārejūvījūtushelp
lavōlavārelāvīlautuswash

IV. PERFECT REDUPLICATED.

stō stāre stetī stātūrus

V. DEPONENTS.

These are all regular, and follow mīror, mīrārī, mīrātus sum.

Second (Ē-) Conjugation

121. I. PERFECT IN -VĪ.

dēleōdēlēredēlēvīdēlētusdestroy
fleōflēreflēvīflētusweep, lament
com-pleō42complērecomplēvīcomplētusfill up
aboleōabolēreabolēvīabolitusdestroy
cieō43ciērecīvīcitusset in motion

II. PERFECT IN -UĪ.

a. Type -eō, -ēre, -uī, -itus.

arceōarcērearcuīkeep off
coerceōcoercērecoercuīcoercitushold in check
exerceōexercēreexercuīexercituspractise
caleōcalērecaluīcalitūrusbe warm
careōcarērecaruīcaritūrusbe without
doleōdolēredoluīdolitūrusgrieve
habeōhabērehabuīhabitushave
dēbeōdēbēredēbuīdēbitusowe
praebeōpraebērepraebuīpraebitusoffer
jaceōjacērejacuījacitūruslie
mereōmerēremeruīmeritusearn, deserve
moneōmonēremonuīmonitusadvise
noceōnocērenocuīnocitum (est)injure
pāreōpārērepāruīpāritūrusobey
placeōplacēreplacuīplacitūrusplease
taceōtacēretacuītacitūrusbe silent
terreōterrēreterruīterritusfrighten
valeōvalērevaluīvalitūrusbe strong
NOTE 1.—The following lack the Participial Stem:—
egeōegēreeguī——want
ēmineōēminēreēminuī——stand forth
flōreōflōrēreflōruī——bloom
horreōhorrērehorruī——bristle
lateōlatērelatuī——lurk
niteōnitērenituī——gleam
oleōolēreoluī——smell
palleōpallērepalluī——be pale
pateōpatērepatuī——lie open
rubeōrubērerubuī——be red
sileōsilēresiluī——be silent
splendeōsplendēresplenduī——gleam
studeōstudērestuduī——study
stupeōstupērestupuī——be amazed
timeōtimēretimuī——fear
torpeōtorpēretorpuī——be dull
vigeōvigēreviguī——flourish
vireōvirēreviruī——be green
and others.
NOTE 2.—The following are used only in the Present System:—
aveōavēre————wish
frīgeōfrīgēre————be cold
immineōimminēre————overhang
maereōmaerēre————mourn
polleōpollēre————be strong
and others.

b. Type -eō, -ēre, -uī, -tus (-sus).

cēnseōcēnsērecēnsuīcēnsusestimate
doceōdocēredocuīdoctusteach
misceōmiscēremiscuīmixtusmix
teneōtenēretenuī——hold
So contineō and sustineō; but—
retineōretinēreretinuīretentusretain
obtineōobtinēreobtinuīobtentusmaintain
torreōtorrēretorruītostusbake

III. PERFECT IN -SĪ.

augeōaugēreauxīauctusincrease
torqueōtorquēretorsītortustwist
indulgeōindulgēreindulsī——indulge
lūceōlūcērelūxī——be light
lūgeōlūgērelūxī——mourn
jubeōjubērejussījussusorder
per-mulceōpermulcērepermulsīpermulsussoothe
rīdeōrīdērerīsīrīsum (est)laugh
suādeōsuādēresuāsīsuāsum (est)advise
abs-tergeōabstergēreabstersīabstersuswipe off
ārdeōārdēreārsīārsūrusburn
haereōhaerērehaesīhaesūrusstick
maneōmanēremānsīmānsūrusstay
algeōalgērealsī——be cold
fulgeōfulgērefulsī——gleam
urgeōurgēreursī——press

IV. PERFECT IN -Ī WITH REDUPLICATION.

mordeōmordēremomordīmorsusbite
spondeōspondērespopondīspōnsuspromise
tondeōtondēretotondītōnsusshear
pendeōpendērepependī——hang

V. PERFECT IN -Ī WITH LENGTHENING OF STEM VOWEL.

caveōcavērecāvīcautūrustake care
faveōfavērefāvīfautūrusfavor
foveōfovērefōvīfōtuscherish
moveōmovēremōvīmōtusmove
paveōpavērepāvī——fear
sedeōsedēresēdīsessūrussit
videōvidērevīdīvīsussee
voveōvovērevōvīvōtusvow

VI. PERFECT IN -Ī WITHOUT EITHER REDUPLICATION OR LENGTHENING OF STEM VOWEL.

ferveōfervēre(fervī, ferbuī)——boil
prandeōprandēreprandīprānsus (§ 114, 2)lunch
strīdeōstrīdērestrīdī——creak

VII. DEPONENTS.

liceorlicērīlicitus sumbid
polliceorpollicērīpollicitus sumpromise
mereormerērīmeritus sumearn
misereormiserērīmiseritus sumpity
vereorverērīveritus sumfear
fateorfatērīfassus sumconfess
cōnfiteorcōnfitērīcōnfessus sumconfess
reorrērīratus sumthink
medeormedērī——heal
tueortuērī——protect

Third (Consonant) Conjugation

122. I. VERBS WITH PRESENT STEM ENDING IN A CONSONANT.

1. Perfect in -sī.

a. Type -ō, -ĕre, -sī, -tus.

carpōcarperecarpsīcarptuspluck
sculpōsculperesculpsīsculptuschisel
rēpōrēpererēpsī——creep
serpōserpereserpsī——crawl
scribōscriberescrīpsīscrīptuswrite
nūbōnūberenūpsīnūpta (woman only)marry
regōregererēxīrēctusgovern
tegōtegeretēxītēctuscover
af-flīgōafflīgereafflīxīafflīctusshatter
dīcōdīceredīxīdictussay
dūcōdūceredūxīductuslead
coquōcoquerecoxīcoctuscook
trahōtraheretrāxītrāctusdraw
vehōveherevexīvectuscarry
cingōcingerecīnxīcīnctusgird
tingōtingeretīnxītīnctusdip
jungōjungerejūnxījūnctusjoin
fingōfingerefīnxīfīctuswould
pingōpingerepīnxīpīctuspaint
stringōstringerestrīnxīstrictusbind
-stinguō44-stinguere-stīnxī-stīnctusblot out
unguōunguereūnxīūnctusanoint
vīvōvīverevīxīvīctum (est)live
gerōgereregessīgestuscarry
urōūrereussīūstusburn
temnōtemnerecon-tempsīcon-temptusdespise

b. Type -ō, -ĕre, -sī, -sus.

fīgōfīgerefīxīfīxusfasten
mergōmergeremersīmersussink
spargōspargeresparsīsparsusscatter
flectōflectereflexīflexusbend
nectōnecterenexuī (nexī)nexustwine
mittōmitteremīsīmissussend
rādōrādererāsīrāsusshave
rōdōrōdererōsīrōsusgnaw
vādōvādere-vāsī45-vāsum (est)45march, walk
lūdōlūderelūsīlūsum (est)play
trūdōtrūderetrūsītrūsuspush
laedōlaederelaesīlaesusinjure, hurt
claudōclaudereclausīclaususclose
plaudōplaudereplausīplausum (est)clap
explōdōexplōdereexplōsīexplōsushoot off
cēdōcēderecessīcessum (est)withdraw
dīvidōdīvideredīvīsīdīvīsusdivide
premōpremerepressīpressuspress

2. Perfect in -ī with Reduplication.

ab-dōabdereabdidīabditusconceal
red-dōred-derereddidīredditusreturn
So addō, condō, dēdō, perdō, prōdō, trādō, etc.
cōn-sistōcōnsisterecōnstitī——take one’s stand
resistōresistererestitī——resist
circumsistōcircumsisterecircumstetī——surround
cadōcaderececidīcāsūrusfall
caedōcaederececīdīcaesuskill
pendōpenderepependīpēnsusweigh, pay
tendōtenderetetendītentusstretch
tundōtunderetutudītūsus, tūnsusbeat
fallōfallerefefellī(falsus, as Adj.)deceive
pellōpellerepepulīpulsusdrive out
currōcurrerecucurrīcursum (est)run
parcōparcerepepercīparsūrusspare
canōcanerececinī——sing
tangōtangeretetigītāctustouch
pungōpungerepupugīpūnctusprick
NOTE.—In the following verbs the perfects were originally reduplicated, but have lost the reduplicating syllable:—
per-cellōpercellereperculīperculsusstrike down
findōfinderefidīfissussplit
scindōscinderescidīscissustear apart
tollōtolleresus-tulīsublātusremove

3. Perfect in -ī with Lengthening of Stem Vowel.

agōagereēgīāctusdrive, do
peragōperagereperēgīperāctusfinish
subigōsubigeresubēgīsubāctussubdue
cōgōcōgerecoēgīcoāctusforce, gather
frangōfrangerefrēgīfrāctusbreak
perfringōperfringereperfrēgīperfrāctusbreak down
legōlegerelēgīlēctusgather, read
perlegōperlegereperlēgīperlēctusread through
colligōcolligerecollēgīcollēctuscollect
dēligōdēligeredēlēgīdēlēctuschoose
dīligōdīligeredīlēxīdīlēctuslove
intellegōintellegereintellēxīintellēctusunderstand
neglegōneglegereneglēxīneglēctusneglect
emōemereēmīēmptusbuy
coëmōcoëmerecoēmīcoēmptusbuy up
redimōredimereredēmīredēmptusbuy back
dirimōdirimeredirēmīdirēmptusdestroy
dēmōdēmeredēmpsīdēmptustake away
sūmōsūmeresūmpsīsūmptustake
prōmōprōmereprōmpsī(prōmptus, as Adj.)take out
vincōvincerevīcīvictusconquer
re-linquōrelinquererelīquīrelīctusleave
rumpōrumpererūpīruptusbreak
edōēsse (§ 128)ēdīēsuseat
fundōfunderefūdīfūsusfour

4. Perfect in -ī without either Reduplication or Lengthening of Stem Vowel.

excūdōexcūdereexcūdīexcūsushammer
cōnsīdōcōnsīderecōnsēdī——take one’s seat
possīdōpossīderepossēdīpossessustake possession
accendōaccendereaccendīaccēnsuskindle
a-scendōascendereascendīascēnsum (est)climb
dē-fendōdēfenderedēfendīdēfēnsusdefend
pre-hendōprehendereprehendīprehēnsusseize
īcōīcereīcīictusstrike
vellōvellerevellīvulsuspluck
vertōverterevertīversusturn
pandōpanderepandīpassusspread
solvōsolveresolvīsolūtusloose
vīsōvīserevīsīvīsusvisit
volvōvolverevolvīvolūtusroll
verrōverrereverrīversussweep

5. Perfect in -uī.

in-cumbōincumbereincubuīincubitūruslean on
gignōgigneregenuīgenitusbring forth
molōmoleremoluīmolitusgrind
vomōvomerevomuīvomitusvomit
fremōfremerefremuī——snort
gemōgemeregemuī——sigh
metōmeteremessuīmessusreap
tremōtremeretremuī——tremble
strepōstreperestrepuī——rattle
alōaletealuīaltus (alitus)nourish
colōcolerecoluīcultuscultivate
incolōincolereincoluī——inhabit
excolōexcolereexcoluīexcultusperfect
cōnsulōcōnsulerecōnsuluīcōnsultusconsult
cōnserōcōnsererecōnseruīcōnsertusjoin
dēserōdēsereredēseruīdēsertusdesert
disserōdissereredisseruī——discourse
texōtexeretexuītextusweave

6. Perfect in -vī.

sinōsineresīvīsitusallow
desinōdēsineredēsiīdēsituscease
ponōpōnereposuīpositusplace
ob-linōoblinereoblēvīoblitussmear
serōsereresēvīsatussow
cōnserōcōnsererecōnsēvīcōnsitusplant
cernōcernere————separate
discernōdiscernerediscrēvīdiscrētusdistinguish
dēcernōdēcerneredēcrēvīdēcrētusdecide
spernōsperneresprēvīsprētusscorn
sternōsternerestrāvīstrātusspread
prō-sternōprōsternereprōstrāvīprōstrātusoverthrow
petōpeterepetīvī (petiī)petītusseek
appetōappetereappetīvīappetītuslong for
terōtereretrīvītrītusrub
quaerōquaererequaesīvīquaesītusseek
acquīrōacquīrereacquīsīvīacquīsītusacquire
arcessōarcesserearcessīvīarcessītussummon
capessōcapesserecapessīvīcapessītusseize
lacessōlacesserelacessīvīlacessītusprovoke

7. Used only in Present System.

angōangere————choke
lambōlambere————lick
claudōclaudere————be lame
furōfurere————rave
vergōvergere————bend
and a few others.

II. VERBS WITH PRESENT STEM ENDING IN -U.

induōinduereinduīindūtusput on
imbuōimbuereimbuīimbūtusmoisten
luōluereluī——wash
polluōpolluerepolluīpollūtusdefile
minuōminuereminuīminūtuslessen
statuōstatuerestatuīstatūtusset up
cōnstituōcōnstituerecōnstituīcōnstitūtusdetermine
suōsueresuīsūtussew
tribuōtribueretribuītribūtusallot
ruōruereruīruitūrusfall
dīruōdīrueredīruīdīrutusdestroy
obruōobruereobruīobrutusoverwhelm
acuōacuereacuī——sharpen
arguōarguerearguī——accuse
congruōcongruerecongruī——agree
metuōmetueremetuī——fear
ab-nuōabnuereabnuī——decline
re-spuōrespuererespuī——reject
struōstruerestrūxīstrūctusbuild
fluōfluereflūxi(flūxus, as Adj.)flow

III. VERBS WITH PRESENT STEM ENDING IN -I.

capiōcuperecupīvīcupītuswish
sapiōsaperesapīvī——taste
rapiōrapererapuīraptussnatch
dīripiōdīriperedīripuīdīreptusplunder
cōnspiciōcōnspicerecōnspexīcōnspectusgaze at
aspiciōaspicereaspexīaspectusbehold
illiciōillicereillexīillectusallure
pelliciōpellicerepellexīpellectusallure
ēliciōēlicereēlicuīēlicituselicit
quatiōquatere——quassusshake
concutiōconcutereconcussīconcussusshake
pariōparerepeperīpartusbring forth
capiōcaperecēpīcaptustake
accipiōaccipereaccēpīacceptusaccept
incipiōincipereincēpīinceptusbegin
faciōfacerefēcīfactusmake
afficiōafficereaffēcīaffectusaffect
Passive, afficior, afficī, affectus sum.
So other prepositional compounds, perficiō, perficior; interficiō, interficior; etc. But—
assuēfaciōassuēfacereassuēfēcīassuēfactusaccustom
Passive, assuēfiō, assuēfieri, assuēfactus sum.
So also patefaciō, patefīō; calefaciō, calefīō; and all non-prepositional compounds.
jaciōjacerejēcījactushurl
abiciōabicereabjēcīabjectusthrow away
fodiōfoderefōdīfossusdig
fugiōfugerefūgīfugitūrusflee
effugiōeffugereeffūgī——escape

IV. VERBS IN -SCŌ.

1. Verbs in -scō from Simple Roots.

poscōposcerepoposcī——demand
discōdisceredidicī——learn
pāscōpāscerepāvīpāstusfeed
pāscorpāscīpāstus sumgraze
crēscōcrēscerecrēvīcrētusgrow
cōnsuēscōcōnsuēscerecōnsuēvīcōnsuētusaccustom one’s self
quiēscōquiēscerequiēvīquiētūrusbe still
adolēscōadolēscereadolēviadultusgrow up
obsolēscōobsolēscerēobsolēvī——grow old
nōscōnōscerenōvī——become acquainted with
ignōscōignōscereignōvīignōtūruspardon
agnōscōagnōscereagnōvīagnitusrecognize
cognōscōcognōscerecognōvīcognitusget acquainted with

2. Verbs in -scō formed from other Verbs.

These usually have Inchoative or Inceptive meaning (see § 155, 1). When they have the Perfect, it is the same as that of the Verbs from which they are derived.

flōrēscōflōrēscereflōruībegin to bloom(flōreō)
scīscōscīscerescīvīenact(scīo)
ārēscōārēscereāruībecome dry(āreō)
calēscōcalēscerecaluībecome hot(caleō)
cōnsenēscōcōnsenēscerecōnsenuīgrow old(seneō)
extimēscōextimēscereextimuīfear greatly(timeō)
ingemīscōingemīscereingemuīsigh(gemō)
adhaerēscōadhaerēscereadhaesīstick(haereō)

3. Verbs in -scō derived from Adjectives, usually with Inchoative meaning.

obdūrēscōobdūrēscereobdūruīgrow hard(dūrus)
ēvanēscōēvanēscereēvinuīdisappear(vānus)
percrēbrēscopercrēbrēscerepercrēbruīgrow fresh(crēber)
mātūrescōmātūrēsceremātūruīgrow ripe(mātūrus)
obmūtēscōobmūtēscereobmūtuīgrow dumb(mūtus)

V. DEPONENTS.

fungorfungifūnctus sumperform
querorquerīquestus sumcomplain
loquorloquīlocūtus sumspeak
sequorsequīsecūtus sumfollow
fruorfruīfruitūrusenjoy
perfruorperfruīperfrūctus sumthoroughly enjoy
lāborlābilāpsus sumglide
amplectoramplectīamplexus sumembrace
nītornītīnīsus sum,
nīxus sum
strive
gradiorgradīgressus sumwalk
patiorpatīpassus sumsuffer
perpetiorperpetīperpessus sumendure
ūtorūtīūsus sumuse
moriormorīmortuus sumdie
adipīscoradipīscīadeptus sumacquire
comminīscorcomminīscīcommentus suminvent
reminīscorreminīscī——remember
nancīscornancīscīnanctus (nactus) sumacquire
nāscornāscīnātus sumbe born
oblīvīscoroblīvīscīoblītus sumforget
pacīscorpacīscīpactus sumcovenant
proficīscorproficīscīprofectus sumset out
ulcīscorulcīscīultus sumavenge
īrāscorīrāscī(īrātus, as Adj.)be angry
vescorvescī——eat

Fourth Conjugation

123. I. PERFECT ENDS IN -VĪ.

audiōaudīreaudīvīaudītushear
So all regular Verbs of the Fourth Conjugation.
sepeliōsepelīresepelīvīsepultusbury

II. PERFECT ENDS IN -UĪ.

aperiōaperīreaperuīapertusopen
operiōoperīreoperuīopertuscover
saliōsalīresaluī——leap

III. PERFECT ENDS IN -SĪ.

saepiōsaepīresaepsīsaeptushedge in
sanciōsancīresānxīsānctusratify
vinciōvincīrevinxīvinctusbind
amiciōamicīre——amictusenvelop
fulciōfulcīrefulsīfultusprop up
referciōrefercīrerefersīrefertusfill
sarciōsarcīresarsīsartuspatch
hauriōhaurīrehausīhaustusdraw
sentiōsentīresēnsīsēnsusfeel

IV. PERFECT IN -Ī WITH LENGTHENING OF STEM VOWEL.

veniōvenīrevēnīventum (est)come
adveniōadvenīreadvēnīadventum (est)arrive
inveniōinvenīreinvēnīinventusfind

V. PERFECT WITH LOSS OF REDUPLICATION.

reperiōreperīrerepperīrepertusfind
comperiōcomperīrecomperīcompertuslearn

VI. USED ONLY IN THE PRESENT.

feriōferīre————strike
ēsuriōēsurīre————be hungry

VII. DEPONENTS.

largiorlargīrīlargītus sumbestow
So many others.
experiorexperīrīexpertus sumtry
opperioropperīrīoppertus sumawait
ōrdiorōrdīrīōrsus sumbegin
oriororīrīortus sumarise
Orior usually follows the Third Conjugation in its inflection; as oreris, orĭtur, orĭmur; orerer (Imp. Subj.); orere (Imper.).
mētiormētīrīmēnsus summeasure
assentiorassentīrīassēnsus sumassent

IRREGULAR VERBS.

124. A number of Verbs are called Irregular. The most important are sum, dō, edō, ferō, volō, nōlō, mālō, eō, fīō. The peculiarity of these Verbs is that they append the personal endings in many forms directly to the stem, instead of employing a connecting vowel, as fer-s (2d Sing. of fer-ō), instead of fer-i-s. They are but the relics of what was once in Latin a large class of Verbs.

125. The Inflection of sum has already been given. Its various compounds are inflected in the same way. They are—

absumabesseāfuīam absent
Pres. Partic. absēns (absentis), absent.
adsumadesseadfuīam present
dēsumdeessedēfuīam lacking
insuminesseīnfuīam in
intersuminteresseinterfuīam among
praesumpraeessepraefuīam in charge of
Pres. Partic. praesēns (praesentis), present
obsumobesseobfuīhinder
prōsumprōdesseprōfuīam of advantage
subsumsubessesubfuīam underneath
supersumsuperessesuperfuīam left

NOTE.—Prōsum is compounded of prōd (earlier form of prō) and sum; the d disappears before consonants, as prōsumus; but prōdestis.

126. Possum. In its Present System possum is a compound of pot- (for pote, able) and sum; potuī is from an obsolete potēre.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
possum, posse, potuī, to be able.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.possum, potes, potest;possumus, potestis, possunt.
Imp.poteram;poterāmus.
Fut.poterō;poterimus.
Perf.potuī;potuimus.
Plup.potueram;potuerāmus.
Fut. P.potuerō;potuerimus.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.possim, possīs, possit;possīmus, possītis, possint.
Imp.possem;possēmus.
Perf.potuerim;potuerīmus.
Plup.potuissem;potuissēmus.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.posse.Pres.potēns (as an adjective).
Perf.potuisse.

127. Dō, I give.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
dō, dăre, dedī, dătus.

Active Voice.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.dō, dās, dat;dămus, dătis, dant.
Imp.dăbam, etc.;dăbāmus.
Fut.dăbō, etc.;dăbimus.
Perf.dedī;dedimus.
Plup.dederam;dederāmus.
Fut. P.dederō;dederimus.
SUBJUNCTIVE
Pres.dem;dēmus.
Imp.dărem;dărēmus.
Perf.dederim;dederīmus.
Plup.dedissem;dedissēmus.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.dā;dăte.
Fut.dătō;dătōte.
dătō.dantō.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.dăre.dāns.
Perf.dedisse.
Fut.dătūrus esse.dătūrus.
GERUND.SUPINE.
dandī, etc.dătum, dătū.

1. The passive is inflected regularly with the short vowel. Thus: dărī, dătur, dărētur, etc.

2. The archaic and poetic Present Subjunctive forms duim, duint, perduit, perduint, etc., are not from the root da-, but from du-, a collateral root of similar meaning.

128. Edō, I eat.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
edō, ēsse, ēdī, ēsus.

Active Voice.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
Pres.edō,edimus,
ēs,ēstis,
ēst;edunt.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Imp.ēssem,ēssēmus,
ēssēs,ēssētis,
ēsset;ēssent.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.ēs;ēste.
Fut.ēstō;ēstōte.
ēstō;eduntō.
INFINITIVE.
Pres. ēsse.
Passive Voice.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
Pres. 3d Sing. ēstur.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Imp. 3d Sing. ēssētur.

1. Observe the long vowel of the forms in ēs-, which alone distinguishes them from the corresponding forms of esse, to be.

2. Note comedō, comēsse, comēdī, comēsus or comēstus, consume.

3. The Present Subjunctive has edim, -īs, -it, etc., less often edam, -ās, etc.

129. Ferō, I bear.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus.

Active Voice.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.ferō, fers, fert;ferimus, fertis, ferunt.46
Imp.ferēbam;ferēbāmus.
Fut.feram;ferēmus.
Perf.tulī;tulimus.
Plup.tuleram;tulerāmus.
Fut. P.tulerō;tulerimus.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.feram;ferāmus.
Imp.ferrem;ferrēmus.
Perf.tulerim;tulerīmus.
Plup.tulissem;tulissēmus.
IMPERATIVE
Pres.fer;ferte.
Fut.fertō;fertōte.
fertō;feruntō.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.ferre.Pres.ferēns.
Perf.tulisse.
Fut.lātūrus esse.Fut.lātūrus.
GERUND.SUPINE.
Gen.ferendī.
Dat.ferendō.
Acc.ferendum.Acc.lātum.
Abl.ferendō.Abl.lātū.

Passive Voice.
feror, ferrī, lātus sum, to be borne.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.feror, ferris, fertur;ferimur, feriminī, feruntur.
Imp.ferēbar;ferēbāmur.
Fut.ferar;ferēmur.
Perf.lātus sum;lātī sumus.
Plup.lātus eram;lātī erāmus.
Fut. P.lātus erō;lātī erimus.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.ferar;ferāmur.
Imp.ferrer;ferrēmur.
Perf.lātus sim;lātī sīmus.
Plup.lātus essem;lātī essēmus.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.ferre;ferimimī.
Fut.fertor;——
fertor;feruntor.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.ferrī.
Perf.lātus esse.Perf.lātus.
Fut.lātum īrī.Fut.ferendus.

So also the Compounds—

afferōafferreattulīallātusbring toward
auferōauferreabstulīablātustake away
cōnferōcōnferrecontulīcollātuscompare
differōdifferredistulīdīlātusput off
efferōefferreextulīēlātuscarry out
īnferōīnferreintulīillātusbring against
offerōofferreobtulīoblātuspresent
referōreferrerettulīrelātusbring back

NOTE.—The forms sustulī and sublātus belong to tollō.

130. volō, nōlō, mālō.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
volō,velle,voluī,to wish.
nōlō,nōlle,nōluī,to be unwilling.
mālō,mālle,māluī,to prefer.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
Pres.volō,nōlō,mālō,
vīs,nōn vīs,māvīs,
vult;nōn vult;māvult;
volumus,nōlumus,mālumus,
vultis,nōn vultis,māvultis,
volunt.nōlunt.mālunt.
Imp.volēbam.nōlēbam.mālēbam.
Fut.volam.nōlam.mālam.
Perf.voluī.nōluī.māluī.
Plup.volueram.nōlueram.mālueram.
Fut. P.voluerō.nōluerō.māluerō.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.velim, -īs, -it, etc.nōlim.mālīm.
Inf.vellem, -ēs, -et, etc.nōllem.māllem.
Perf.voluerim.nōluerim.māluerim.
Pluf.voluissem.nōluissem.māluissem.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.nōlī;nōlīte.
Fut.nōlītō;nōlītōte.
nōlītō;nōluntō.
INFINITIVE.
Pres.velle.nōlle.mālle.
Perf.voluisse.nōluisse.māluisse
PARTICIPLE.
Pres.volēnsnōlēns.——

131. Fīō.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
fīō, fīerī, factus sum, to become, be made.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR,PLURAL.
Pres.fīō, fīs, fit;fīmus, fītis, fīunt.
Inf.fīēbam;fīēbāmus.
Fut.fīam;fīēmus.
Perf.factus sum;factī sumus.
Pluf.factus eram;factī erāmus.
Fut. P.factus erō;factī erimus.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Pres.fīam;fīāmus.
Imp.fierem;fierēmus.
Perf.factus sim;factī sīmus.
Plup.factus essem;factī essēmus.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.fī;fīte.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.fierī.
Perf.factus esse.Perf.factus.
Fut.factum īrī.Ger.faciendus.

NOTE.—A few isolated forms of compounds of fīō occur; as, dēfit lacks; īnfit, begins.

132. Eō.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.
eō, īre, īvī, itum (est), to go.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.eō, īs, it;īmus, ītis, eunt.
Imp.ībam;ībāmus.
Fut.ībō;ībimus.
Perf.īvī (iī);īvimus (iimus).
Plup.īveram (ieram);īverāmus (ierāmus)
Fut. P.īverō (ierō);īverimus (ierimus).
SUBJUNCTIVE.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.eam;eāmus.
Inf.īrem;īrēmus.
Perf.īverim (ierim);īverīmus (ierīmus).
Pluf.īvissem (iissem, īssem);īvissēmus (iissēmus, īssēmus).
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.ī;īte.
Fut.ītō;ītōte,
ītō;euntō.
INFINITIVE.PARTICIPLE.
Pres.īre.Pres.iēns.
Perf.īvisse (īsse).(Gen. euntis.)
Fut.itūrus esse.Fut.itūrus. Gerundive, eundum.
GERUND.SUPINE.
eundī, etc.itum, itū.

1. Transitive compounds of eō admit the full Passive inflection; as adeor, adīris, adītur, etc.


DEFECTIVE VERBS.

Defective Verbs lack certain forms. The following are the most important:—

133. USED MAINLY IN THE PERFECT SYSTEM.

Coepī,
I have begun.
Meminī,
I remember.
Ōdī,
I hate.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
Perf.coepī.meminī.ōdī.
Plup.coeperam.memineram.ōderam.
Fut. P.coeperō.meminerō.ōderō.
SUBJUNCTIVE.
Perf.coeperim.meminerim.ōderim.
Pluf.coepissem.meminissem.ōdissem.
IMPERATIVE.
Sing. mementō; Plur. mementōte.
INFINITIVE.
Perf.coepisse.meminisse.ōdisse.
Fut.coeptūrus esse.ōsūrus esse.
PARTICIPLE.
Perf.coeptus, begun.ōsus.
Fut.coeptūrus.ōsūrus.

1. When coepī governs a Passive Infinitive it usually takes the form coeptus est; as, amārī coeptus est, he began to be loved.

2. Note that meminī and ōdī, though Perfect in form, are Present in sense. Similarly the Pluperfect and Future Perfect have the force of the Imperfect and Future; as, memineram, I remembered; ōderō, I shall hate.

134. Inquam, I say (inserted between words of a direct quotation)

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.inquam,——
inquis,——
inquit;inquiunt.
Fut.————
inquiēs,——
inquiet.——
Perf. 3d Sing. inquit.

135. Ajō, I say.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL
Pres.ajō,——
aīs,——
ait;ajunt.
Imp.ajēbam,ajēbāmus,
ajēbās,ajēbātis,
ajēbat;ajēbant.
Perf 3d Sing. aït.
SUBJUNCTIVE.

Pres 3d Sing. ajat.

NOTE.—For aīsne, do you mean? aīn is common.

136. Fārī, to speak.

This is inflected regularly in the perfect tenses. In the Present System it has—

INDICATIVE MOOD.
SINGULAR.PLURAL.
Pres.————
————
fātur.——
Fut.fābor,——
————
fābitur.——
Impv.fāre.
Inf.fārī.
Pres. Partic.fantis, fantī, etc.
Gerund, G.,fandī; D. and Abl., fandō.
Gerundive,fandus.

NOTE.—Forms of fārī are rare. More frequent are its compounds; as,— affātur, he addresses; praefāmur, we say in advance.

137. OTHER DEFECTIVE FORMS.

1. Queō, quīre, quīvī, to be able, and nequeō, nequīre, nequīvī, to be unable, are inflected like eō, but occur chiefly in the Present Tense, and there only in special forms.

2. Quaesō, I entreat; quaesumus, we entreat.

3. Cedo (2d sing. Impv.), cette (2d plu.); give me, tell me.

4. Salvē, salvēte, hail. Also Infinitive, salvēre.

5. Havē (avē), havēte, hail. Also Infinitive, havēre.


IMPERSONAL VERBS.

138. Impersonal Verbs correspond to the English, it snows, it seems, etc. They have no personal subject, but may take an Infinitive, a Clause, or a Neuter Pronoun; as, mē pudet hōc fēcisse, lit. it shames me to have done this; hōc decet, this is fitting. Here belong—

I. Verbs denoting operations of the weather; as,—

fulgetfulsitit lightens
tonattonuitit thunders
grandinat——it hails
ningitninxitit snows
pluitpluitit rains

II. Special Verbs.

paenitetpaenitērepaenituitit repents
pigetpigērepiguitit grieves
pudetpudērepuduitit causes shame
taedettaedēretaeduitit disgusts
miseretmiserēremiseruitit causes pity
libetlibērelibuitit pleases
licetlicērelicuitit is lawful
oportetoportēreoportuitit is fitting
decetdecēredecuitit is becoming
dēdecetdēdecēredēdecuitit is unbecoming
rēfertrēferrerētulitit concerns

III. Verbs Impersonal only in Special Senses.

cōnstatcōnstārecōnstititit is evident
praestatpraestārepraestititit is better
juvatjuvārejūvitit delights
appāretappārēreappāruitit appears
placetplacēreplacuit
(placitum est)
it pleases
accēditaccēdereaccessitit is added
acciditaccidereacciditit happens
contingitcontingerecontigitit happens
ēvenitēvenīreēvēnitit turns out
interestinteresseinterfuitit concerns

IV. The Passive of Intransitive Verbs; as,—

īturlit. it is gonei.e. some one goes
curriturlit. it is runi.e. some one runs
ventum estlit. it has been comei.e. some one has come
veniendum estlit. it must be comei.e. somebody must come
pugnārī potestlit. it can be foughti.e. somebody can fight

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