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Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges
Edited by: J. B. Greenough
G. L. Kittredge
A. A. Howard
Benj. L. D'Ooge





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PART FIRSTWORDS AND FORMS
   THE ALPHABET
   ORTHOGRAPHY
   THE PARTS OF SPEECH
   INFLECTION
   GENDER
   NUMBER AND CASE
   DECLENSION OF NOUNS
   FIRST DECLENSION (-STEMS)
   SECOND DECLENSION (o-STEMS)
   THIRD DECLENSION (CONSONANT AND i-STEMS)
   FOURTH DECLENSION
   FIFTH DECLENSION (-STEMS)
   DEFECTIVE NOUNS
   VARIABLE NOUNS
   NAMES OF PERSONS
   ADJECTIVES
   FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS (- AND o-STEMS)
   THIRD DECLENSION (CONSONANT AND i-STEMS)
   COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
   NUMERALS
   PRONOUNS
   VERBS: CONJUGATION OF THE VERB
   SIGNIFICATION OF THE FORMS OF THE VERB
   PERSONAL ENDINGS
   FORMS OF THE VERB
   The Four Conjugations
   Forms of Conjugation
   PARTICLES
   CONJUNCTIONS
   FORMATION OF WORDS
   COMPOUND WORDS

PART SECONDSYNTAX
   INTRODUCTORY NOTE
   THE SENTENCE
   AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES
   PRONOUNS
   VERBS
   PARTICLES
   CONJUNCTIONS
   QUESTIONS
   CONSTRUCTION OF CASES
   SYNTAX OF THE VERB
   SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES
   INDIRECT DISCOURSE
   IMPORTANT RULES OF SYNTAX
   ORDER OF WORDS

PROSODY
   QUANTITY
   RHYTHM
   VERSIFICATION
   FORMS OF VERSE
   MISCELLANEOUS
   GLOSSARY: OF TERMS USED IN GRAMMAR, RHETORIC, AND PROSODY


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PART FIRSTWORDS AND FORMS

 

FORMS OF THE VERB

The Three Stems

The forms of the verb may be referred to three stems, called (1) the Present, (2) the Perfect, and (3) the Supine stem.

1. On the Present stem are formed

The Present, Imperfect, and Future Indicative, Active and Passive.

The Present and Imperfect Subjunctive, Active and Passive.

The Imperative, Active and Passive.

The Present Infinitive, Active and Passive.

The Present Participle, the Gerundive, and the Gerund.

2. On the Perfect stem are formed

The Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect Indicative Active.

The Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive Active.

The Perfect Infinitive Active.

3. On the Supine stem are formed 83


The Perfect Passive Participle, which combines with the forms of the verb sum, be, to make

The Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect Indicative Passive.

The Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive Passive.

The Perfect Infinitive Passive.


The Future Active Participle, which combines with esse to make the Future Active Infinitive.


The Supine in -um and -. The Supine in -um combines with r to make the Future Passive Infinitive ( 203. a).

NOTE.The Perfect Participle with fore also makes a Future Passive Infinitive (as, amtus fore). For fore (futrum esse) ut with the subjunctive, see 569. 3. a.



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VERB-ENDINGS

Every form of the finite verb is made up of two parts:

1. The STEM (see 24). This is either the root or a modification or development of it.

2. The ENDING, consisting of
1. the Signs of Mood and Tense (see 168, 169).
2. the Personal Ending (see 163).

Thus in the verb voc-b-s, you were calling, the root is VOC, modified into the verb-stem voc-, which by the addition of the ending -bs becomes the imperfect tense vocbs; and this ending consists of the tense-sign b- and the personal ending (-s) of the second person singular.


The Verb-endings, as they are formed by the signs for mood and tense combined with personal endings, are


ACTIVE PASSIVE
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
SING. 1. - Vowel-Change: I,1 to ; II, to e; III, to ; IV, to i. -m -or Vowel-Change: as inActive. -r
2. -s -s -ris (-re) -ris (-re)
3. -t -t -tur -tur
PLUR. 1. -mus -mus -mur -mur
2. -tis -tis -min -min
3. -nt -nt -ntur -ntur
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT
SING. 1. -ba-m -re-m -ba-r -re-r
2. -b-s -r-s -b-ris (-re) -r-ris (-re)
3. -ba-t -re-t -b-tur -r-tur
PLUR. 1. -b-mus -r-mus -b-mur -r-mur
2. -b-tis -r-tis -b-min -r-min
3. -ba-nt -re-nt -ba-ntur -re-ntur
INDICATIVE INDICATIVE
FUTURE FUTURE
I, II 84 III, IV I, II III, IV1
SING. 1. -b- Vowel-Change: as indicated in italics; verbs in -i retainingi before these vowels. -a-m -bo-r Vowel-Change: asin Active. -a-r
2. -bi-s --s -be-ris (-re) --ris (-re)
3. -bi-t -e-t -bi-tur --tur
PLUR. 1. -bi-mus --mus -bi-mur --mur
2. -bi-tis --tis -bi-min --min
3. -bu-nt -e-nt -bu-ntur -e-ntur

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Active Passive
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT PERFECT
SING. 1. - -eri-m -tus (-ta, -tum) sum sim
2. -is-t -eri-s es ss
3. -i-t -eri-t est sit
PLUR. 1. -i-mus -eri-mus -t (-tae, -ta) sumus smus
2. -is-tis -eri-tis estis stis
3. -ru-nt (-re) -eri-nt sunt sint
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT
SING. 1. -era-m -isse-m -tus(-ta, -tum) eram essem
2. -er-s -iss-s ers esss
3. -era-t -isse-t erat esset
PLUR. 1. -er-mus -iss-mus -t (-tae, -ta) ermus essmus
2. -er-tis -iss-tis ertis esstis
3. -era-nt -isse-nt erant essent
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
SING. 1. -er- -tus (-ta, -tum) er
2. -eri-s eris
3. -eri-t erit
PLUR. 1. -eri-mus -t (-tae, -ta) erimus
2. -eri-tis eritis
3. -eri-nt erunt


IMPERATIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
SING. 2. ---- PLUR. 2. -te SING. 2. -re PLUR. 2. -min
FUTURE FUTURE
2. -t 2. -tte 2. -tor
3. -t 3. -nt 3. -tor 3. -ntor

For convenience a table of the Noun and Adjective forms of the verb is here added.


INFINITIVE
PRES. -re (Pres. stem) I, II, IV. -r; III. -
PERF. -isse (Perf. stem) -tus (-ta, -tum) esse
FUT. -trus (-a, -um) esse -tum r
PARTICIPLES
PRES. -ns, -ntis PERF. -tus, -ta, -tum
FUT. -trus, -a, -um GER. -ndus, -nda, -ndum


GERUND SUPINE
-nd, -nd, -ndum, -nd -tum, -t

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A long vowel is shortened before the personal endings -m (-r), -t, -nt (-ntur): as, ame-t (for older am-t), habe-t (for hab-t), mone-nt, mone-ntur.


The tenses of the Present System are made from the Present Stem as follows: 85


In the Present Indicative the personal endings are added directly to the present stem. Thus,present stem ar-: ar-s, ar-mus, ar-tis.


In the Imperfect Indicative the suffix -bam, -bs, etc. (originally a complete verb) is added to the present stem: as, ar-bam, ar-bs, ar-bmus.

NOTE.The form bam was apparently an aorist of the Indo-European root BHU (cf. fu, futrus, φύω, English be, been), and meant I was. This was added to a complete word, originally a case of a verbal noun, as in I was a-seeing; hence vid-bam. The form probably began in the Second or Third Conjugation and was extended to the others. The a was at first long, but was shortened in certain forms ( 167).


In the Future Indicative of the First and Second Conjugations a similar suffix, -b, -bis, etc., is added to the present stem: as, ar-b, ar-bis, mon-b.

NOTE.The form b was probably a present tense of the root BHU, with a future meaning, and was affixed to a noun-form as described in b. N.


In the Future Indicative of the Third and Fourth Conjugations the terminations -am, -s, etc. (as, teg-am, teg-s, audi-am, audi-s) are really subjunctive endings used in a future sense (see e). The vowel was originally long throughout. For shortening, see 167.


In the Present Subjunctive the personal endings were added to a form of the present stem ending in - or -, which was shortened in certain forms ( 167). Thus, ame-m, am-s, teg-mus, tega-nt.

NOTE 1.The vowel (seen in the First Conjugation: as, am--s) is an inherited subjunctive mood-sign. It appears to be the thematic vowel e ( 174. 1) lengthened. The of the other conjugations (mone--s, reg--s, audi--s) is of uncertain origin.

NOTE 2.In a few irregular verbs a Present Subjunctive in -im, -s, etc. occurs: as, sim, ss, smus, velim, vels, etc. This is an old optative, being a form of the IndoEuropean optative mood-sign y- (cf. siem, sis, siet, 170. b. N.). The vowel has been shortened in the first and third persons singular and the third person plural.


In the Imperfect Subjunctive the suffix -rem, -rs, etc. is added to the present stem: as, am-rem, am-rs, mon-rem, tege-rem, aud-rem.

NOTE.The stem element -r- is of uncertain origin and is not found outside of Italic. The r is doubtless the aorist sign s (cf. es-se-m, es-s-s) changed to r between two vowels ( 15. 4). The is probably the subjunctive mood-sign (see e). [p. 81]


The tenses of the Perfect System in the active voice are made from the Perfect Stem as follows:


In the Perfect Indicative the endings -, -ist, etc. are added directly to the perfect stem: as, amv-ist, tx-istis.


In the Pluperfect Indicative the suffix -eram, -ers, etc. is added to the perfect stem: as, amv-eram, monu-ers, tx-erat.

NOTE.This seems to represent an older -is-m etc. formed on the analogy of the Future Perfect in -er (older -is-: see c below) and influenced by eram (imperfect of sum) in comparison with er (future of sum).


In the Future Perfect the suffix -er, -eris, etc. is added to the perfect stem: as, amv-er, monu-eris, tx-erit.

NOTE.This formation was originally a subjunctive of the s-aorist, ending probably in -is-. The -is- is doubtless the same as that seen in the second person singular of the perfect indicative (vd-is-t), in the perfect infinitive (vd-is-se), and in the pluperfect subjunctive (vd-is-sem), s being the aorist sign and i probably an old stem vowel.


In the Perfect Subjunctive the suffix -erim, -eris, etc. is added to the perfect stem: as, amv-erim, monu-eris, tx-erit.

NOTE.This formation was originally an optative of the s-aorist (-er- for older -is-, as in the future perfect, see c above). The i after r is the optative mood-sign shortened (see 168. e. N.2). Forms in -s, -t, -mus, -tis, are sometimes found. The shortening in -s, -mus, -tis, is due to confusion with the future perfect.


In the Pluperfect Subjunctive the suffix -issem, -isss, etc. is added to the perfect stem: as, amv-issem, monu-isss, tx-isset.

NOTE.Apparently this tense was formed on the analogy of the pluperfect indicative in -is-m (later -er-am, see b), and influenced by essem (earlier essm) in its relation to eram (earlier esm). 86



The Verb Sum

The verb sum, be, is both irregular and defective, having no gerund or supine, and no participle but the future.

Its conjugation is given at the outset, on account of its importance for the inflection of other verbs. [p. 82]

PRINCIPAL PARTS: Present Indicative sum, Present Infinitive esse, Perfect Indicative fu, Future Participle futrus.


PRESENT STEM es- PERFECT STEM fu- SUPINE STEM fut-
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT
SING. 1. sum, I am sim 87
2. s, thou art (you are) ss
3. est, he (she, it) is sit
PLUR. 1. sumus, we are smus
2. estis, you are stis
3. sunt, they are sint
IMPERFECT
SING. 1. eram, I was essem
2. ers, you were esss
3. erat, he (she, it) was esset
PLUR. 1. ermus, we were essmus
2. ertis, you were esstis
3. erant, they were essent
FUTURE
SING. 1. er, I shall be
2. eris, you will be
3. erit, he will be
PLUR. 1. erimus, we shall be
2. eritis, you will be
3. erunt, they will be
PERFECT
SING. 1. fu, I was (have been) fuerim
2. fuist, you were fueris
3. fuit, he was fuerit
PLUR. 1. fuimus, we were fuerimus
2. fuistis, you were fueritis
3. furunt, fure, they were fuerint
PLUPERFECT
SING. 1. fueram, I had been fuissem
2. fuers, you had been fuisss
3. fuerat, he had been fuisset

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PLUR. 1. fuermus, we had been fuissmus
2. fuertis, you had been fuisstis
3. fuerant, they had been fuissent


FUTURE PERFECT
SING. 1. fuer, I shall have been PLUR. 1. fuerimus, we shall have been
2. fueris, you will have been 2. fueritis, you will have been
3. fuerit, he will have been 3. fuerint, they will have been


IMPERATIVE
PRESENT SING. 2. s, be thou PLUR. 2. este, be ye
FUTURE 2. est, thou shalt be 2. estte, ye shall be
3. est, he shall be 3. sunt, they shall be


INFINITIVE
PRESENT esse, to be
PERFECT fuisse, to have been
FUTURE futrus esse or fore, to be about to be
PARTICIPLE
FUTURE futrus, -a, -um, about to be


For essem, esss, etc., forem, fors, foret, forent, are often used; so fore for futrus esse.


The Present Participle, which would regularly be sns, 88 appears in the adjective n-sns, innocent, and in a modified form in ab-sns, prae-sns. The simple form ns is sometimes found in late or philosophical Latin as a participle or abstract noun, in the forms ns, being; entia, things which are.

NOTE.Old forms are:Indicative: Future, escit, escunt (strictly an inchoative present, see 263. 1).

Subjunctive: Present, siem, sis, siet, sient; fuam, fus, fuat, fuant; Perfect, fvimus; Pluperfect, fvisset.

The root of the verb sum is ES, which in the imperfect is changed to ER (see 15. 4), and in many forms is shortened to S. Some of its modifications, as found in several languages more or less closely related to Latin, may be seen in the following table, the Sanskrit sym corresponding to the Latin sim (siem):


SANSKRIT GREEK LATIN LITHUANIAN
as-mi sym (optative) ἔμμι (old form) s-um sim (siem) es-mi
as-i sys ἐσσί (old form) es ss (sis) es-i
as-ti syt ἐστί es-t sit (siet) es-ti
s-mas syma ἐσμέν s-umus smus es-me
s-tha syta ἐστέ es-tis stis es-te
s-anti syus ἐντί (old form) s-unt sint (sient) es-ti

The Perfect and Supine stems, fu-, fut-, are kindred with the Greek ἔφυ, and with Nhe English be. [p. 84]





The Four Conjugations

[171]

Verbs are classed in Four Regular Conjugations, distinguished by the stem-vowel which appears before -re in the Present Infinitive Active:


CONJUGATION INFINITIVE ENDING STEM
First -re (amre)
Second -re (monre)
Third -re (regre)
Fourth -re (audre)


The Principal Parts

The Principal Parts of a verb, showing the three stems which determine its conjugation throughout, are

1. The Present Indicative (as, am) 2. The Present Infinitive (as, am-re) showing the Present Stem.

3. The Perfect Indicative (as, amv-), showing the Perfect Stem.

4. The neuter of the Perfect Participle (as, amt-um), or, if that form is not in use, the Future Active Participle (amt-rus), showing the Supine Stem.


The regular forms of the Four Conjugations are seen in the following:

First Conjugation:
Active, am, amre, amv, amtum, love.
Passive, amor, amr, amtus.
Present Stem am-, Perfect Stem amv-, Supine Stem amt-.

Second Conjugation:
Active, dle, dlre, dlv, dltum, blot out.
Passive, dleor, dlr, dltus.
Present Stem dl-, Perfect Stem dlv-, Supine Stem dlt-.

In the Second conjugation, however, the characteristic - rarely appears in the perfect and perfect participle. The common type is, therefore:
Active, mone, monre, monu, monitum, warn.
Passive, moneor, monr, monitus.
Present Stem mon-, Perfect Stem monu-, Supine Stem monit-. [p. 85]

Third Conjugation:
Active, teg, tegre, tx, tctum, cover.
Passive, tegor, teg, tctus.
Present Stem teg-, Perfect Stem tx-, Supine Stem tct-.

Fourth Conjugation:
Active, audi, audre, audv, audtum, hear.
Passive, audior, audr, audtus.
Present Stem aud-, Perfect Stem audv-, Supine Stem audt-.


In many verbs the principal parts take forms belonging to two or more different conjugations (cf. 189):
1, 2, dom, domre, domu, domitum, subdue.
2, 3, mane, manre, mns, mnsum, remain.
3, 4, pet, petre, petv, pettum, seek.
4, 3, vinci, vincre, vnx, vnctum, bind.

Such verbs are referred to the conjugation to which the Present sten conforms.


Present Stem

The parent (Indo-European) speech from which Latin comes had two main classes of verbs:

1. Thematic Verbs, in which a so-called thematic vowel (e/o, in Latin i/u) appeared between the root and the personal ending: as, leg-i-tis (for leg-e-tes), leg-u-nt (for leg-o-nti). 89

2. Athematic Verbs, in which the personal endings were added directly to the root: as, es-t, es-tis (root ES) 90 , d-mus (d, root DA), fer-t (fer, root FER).

Of the Athematic Verbs few survive in Latin, and these are counted as irregular, except such as have been forced into one of the four regular conjugations. Even the irregular verbs have admitted many forms of the thematic type.

Of the Thematic Verbs a large number remain. These may be divided into two classes:

1. Verbs which preserve the thematic vowel e or o (in Latin i or u) before the personal endings.These make up the Third Conjugation. The present stem is formed in various ways ( 176), but always ends in a short vowel e/o (Latin i/u). Examples are teg (stem (tege/o-), sternimus (stem (sterne/o-) for ster-no-mos, plectunt (stem (plecte/o-) for plec-to-nti. So nsc (stem (gnsce/o-) for gn-sc-. Verbs like nsc became the type for a large number of verbs in -sc, called inceptives ( 263. 1).

2. Verbs which form the present stem by means of the suffix ye/o-, which already contained the thematic vowel e/o.Verbs of this class in which any vowel (except u) came in contact with the suffix ye/o- suffered contraction so as to present a long vowel -, -, -, at the end of the stem. In this contraction the thematic e/o disappeared. These became the types of the First, Second, and Fourth conjugations respectively. In imitation of these long vowel-stems numerous verbs were formed by the Romans themselves (after the mode of formation had been entirely forgotten) from noun- and [p. 86]

adjective-stems. This came to be the regular way of forming new verbs, just as in English the borrowed suffix -ize can be added to nouns and adjectives to make verbs: as, macadamize, modernize.

Thematic verbs of the second class in which a consonant or u came into contact with the suffix ye/o- suffered various phonetic changes. Such verbs fall partly into the Third Conjugation, giving rise to an irregular form of it, and partly into the Fourth, and some have forms of both. Examples are:(cn) spici (-spicre) for speky; veni (venre) for (g) vem-y; cupi, cupre, but cupv; orior, ortur, but orr. Note, however, plu (pluere) for plu-y; and hence, by analogy, acu (acuere) for acu-y.

In all these cases many cross-analogies and errors as well as phonetic changes have been at work to produce irregularities. Hence has arisen the traditional system which is practically represented in 175, 176.


The Present Stem may be found by dropping -re in the Present Infinitive:
am-re, stem am-; mon-re, stem mon-; teg-re, stem teg-; aud-re, stem aud-.


The Present Stem is formed from the Root in all regular verbs in one of the following ways:


In the First, Second, and Fourth conjugations, by adding a long vowel (-, -, -) to the root, whose vowel is sometimes changed: as, voc-re (VOC), mon-re (MEN, cf. memin), sop-re (SOP). 91

NOTE.Verb-stems of these conjugations are almost all really formed from nounstems on the pattern of older formations (see 174).


In the Third Conjugation, by adding a short vowel e/o 92 to the root. In Latin this e/o usually appears as i/u, but e is preserved in some forms. Thus, tegi-s (root TEG), ali-tis (AL), regu-nt (REG); but teg-ris (teg-re), al-ris.

1. The stem-vowel e/o (i/u) may be preceded by n, t, or sc: 93 as, tem-ni-tis, tem-nu-nt, tem-n-ris (TEM); plec-ti-s (PLEC); cr-sci-tis (CR).

2. Verbs in -i of the Third Conjugation (as, capi, capre) show in some forms an i before the final vowel of the stem: as, cap-i-unt (CAP), fug-i-unt (FUG).


The root may be changed

1. By the repetition of a part of it (reduplication): as, gi-gn-e-re (GEN).

2. By the insertion of a nasal (m or n): as, find-e-re (FID), tang-e-re (TAG). [p. 87]


In some verbs the present stem is formed from a noun-stem in u-, as, statu-e-re (statu-s), aestu--re (aestu-s); cf. acu, acuere. 94

NOTE 1.A few isolated forms use the simple root as a present stem: as, fer-re, fer-t; es-se; vel-le, vul-t. These are counted as irregular.

NOTE 2.In some verbs the final consonant of the root is doubled before the stemvowel: as, pell-i-tis (PEL), mitt-i-tis (MIT).


Some verbs have roots ending in a vowel. In these the present stem is generally identical with the root: as, da-mus (DA), fl-mus (stem fl-, root form unknown). 95 But others, as rui-mus (RU), are formed with an additional vowel according to the analogy of the verbs described in d.

NOTE.Some verbs of this class reduplicate the root: as, si-st-e-re (STA, cf. stre).



Perfect Stem

The Perfect Stem is formed as follows:


The suffix v (u) is added to the verb-stem: as, voc-v-, aud-v-; or to the root: as, son-u- (son-re, root SON), mon-u- (mon-re, MON treated as a root). 96

NOTE.In a few verbs the vowel of the root is transposed and lengthened: as, str-v- (stern, STAR), spr-v- (spern, SPAR).


The suffix s is added to the root: as, carp-s- (CARP), tx- (for tg-s-, TEG). 97

NOTE.The modifications of the present stem sometimes appear in the perfect: as, fnx- (FIG, present stem fing-), snx- (SAC, present stem sanc-).


The root is reduplicated by prefixing the first consonantgenerally with , sometimes with the root-vowel: as, ce-cid- (cad, CAD), to-tond- (tonde, TOND).

NOTE.In fid- (for fe-fid-, find-), scid- (for sci-scid-, scind), the reduplication has been lost, leaving merely the root.


The root vowel is lengthened, sometimes with vowel change: as, lg- (lg-), m- (m-), vd- (vd-e-), fg- (fg-i-), g- (g-).


Sometimes the perfect stem has the same formation that appears in the present tense: as, vert- (vert-), solv- (solv-).


Sometimes the perfect is formed from a lost or imaginary stem: as, pet-v- (as if from peti-, pet-re, PET).



[p. 88]

Supine Stem

The Supine Stem may be found by dropping -um from the Supine. It is formed by adding t (or, by a phonetic change, s)


To the present stem: as, am-t-um, dl-t-um, aud-t-um.


To the root, with or without : as, cap-t-um (capi, CAP), moni-t-um (mone, MON used as root), cs-um (for cad-t-um, CAD), lc-t-um (LEG).

NOTE 1.By phonetic change dt and tt become s (dfnsum, versum for d-fendt-um, vert-t-um); bt becomes pt (scrp-t-um for scrb-t-um); gt becomes ct (rc-t-um for reg-t-um). 98

NOTE 2.The modifications of the present stem sometimes appear in the supine: as, tnc-t-um (ting, TIG), tn-s-um for tend-t-um (ten-d-, TEN).

NOTE 3.The supine is sometimes from a lost or imaginary verb-stem: as, pet-t-um (as if from peti-, pet-re, PET).

NOTE 4.A few verbs form the supine stem in s after the analogy of verbs in d and t: as, fal-s-um (fall), pul-s-um (pell).






Forms of Conjugation

[179]

The forms of the several conjugations from which, by adding the verb-endings in 166, all the moods and tenses can be made are as follows:


[a]

The First Conjugation includes all verbs which add - to the root to form the present stem: 99 as, am-re; with a few whose root ends in a (for, f-r; fl, fl-re; n, n-re; st, st-re).

1. The stem-vowel - is lost before -: as, am = am-(y); and in the present subjunctive it is changed to : as, am-s, am-mus.

2. The perfect stem regularly adds v, the supine stem t, to the present stem: as, am-v-, am-t-um. For exceptions, see 209. a.


[b]

The Second Conjugation includes all verbs which add - to the root to form the present stem: as, mon-re; with a few whose root ends in ; as, fle-, fl-re; ne-, n-re; re-or, r-r (cf. 176. e).

1. In the present subjunctive is added to the verb-stem: as, mone--s, mone--mus (cf. 168. e).

2. A few verbs form the perfect stem by adding v (u), and the supine stem by adding t, to the present stem: as, dl-v-, dl-t-um. But most form the perfect stem by adding v (u) to the root, and the supine stem by adding t to a weaker form of the present stem, ending in : as, mon-u-, mon-t-um. For lists, see 210. [p. 89]


[c]

The Third Conjugation includes all verbs (not irregular, see 197) which add - to the root to form the present stem: as, tegre, cap-re; with a few whose root ends in e: as, se-r-re for se-se-re (reduplicated from SE, cf. stum).

1. The stem-vowel is regularly lost before -, and becomes u 100 before -nt and before the other endings of the indicative and imperative: as, teg-, tegi-t, tegu-nt; in the imperfect indicative it becomes : as, tegbam, teg-bs, etc.; in the future, : as, teg-s (except in the first person singular, tega-m, tega-r); in the present subjunctive, : as, teg-s.

Verbs in -i lose the i before a consonant and also before , , and (except in the future, the participle, the gerund, and the gerundive). Thus,capi-at, capi-unt, capi-bat, capi-s, capi-et, capi-ent; but, cap-it (not capi-it), cap-eret.

2. All varieties of perfect and supine stems are found in this conjugation. See lists, 211. The perfect is not formed from the present stem, but from the root.


[d]

The Fourth Conjugation includes all verbs which add - to the root to form the present stem: as, aud-re. 101 In these the perfect and supine stems regularly add v, t, to the verb-stem: as, aud-v-, audt-um. 102 Endings like those of the third conjugation are added in the third person plural of the present (indicative and imperative), in the imperfect and future indicative, and in the present subjunctive: as, audi-unt, audi-bat, audi-tis, audi-at, the i being regularly short before a vowel.


[e]

The Present Imperative Active (second person singular) is the same as the present stem: as, am, mon, teg, aud. But verbs in -i of the third conjugation omit i: as, cap (not capie).


[f]

The tenses of completed action in the Active voice are all regularly formed by adding the tense-endings (given in 166) to the perfect stem: as, amv-, amv-eram, amv-er, amv-erim, amv-issem, amv-isse.


[g]

The tenses of completed action in the Passive voice are formed by adding to the perfect participle the corresponding tenses of continued action of the verb esse: as, perfect amtus sum; pluperfect amtus eram, etc. [p. 90]


Synopsis of the Verb

The following synopsis shows the forms of the verb arranged according to the three stems ( 164). Am, a regular verb of the first conjugation, is taken as a type. PRINCIPAL PARTS: Active, am, amre, amv, amtum. Passive, amor, amr, amtus sum.


PRESENT STEM am- PERFECT STEM amv- SUPINE STEM amt-
ACTIVE PASSIVE
Present stem, am-
INDICATIVE
PRES. am amo-r
IMPERF. am-bam am-bar
FUT. am-b am-bor
SUBJUNCTIVE
PRES. ame-m ame-r
IMPERF. am-rem am-rer
IMPERATIVE
PRES. am am-re
FUT. am-t am-tor
INFINITIVE
PRES. am-re am-r
PARTICIPLE
PRES. am-ns GERUNDIVE ama-ndus
GERUND ama-nd
Perfect stem, amv- Supine stem, amt-
INDICATIVE
PERF. amv- amt-us sum
PLUPERF. amv-eram amt-us eram
FUT. PERF. amv-er amt-us er
SUBJUNCTIVE
PERF. amv-erim amt-us sim
PLUPERF. amv-issem amt-us essem
INFINITIVE
PERF. amv-isse
Supine stem, amt-
INFINITIVE
PERF. amt-us esse
FUT. amt-rus esse amt-um r
PARTICIPLE
FUT. amt-rus PERF. amt-us
SUPINE amt-um amt-

[p. 91]



Peculiarities of Conjugation

In tenses formed upon the Perfect Stem, v between two vowels is often lost and contraction takes place.


Perfects in -v, -v, -v, often contract the two vowels into , , , respectively: as, amsse for amvisse; amrim for amverim; amssem for amvissem; cnsurat for cnsuverat; flstis for flvistis; nsse for nvisse. So in perfects in -v, where the v is a part of the present stem: as, commrat for commverat.

NOTE.The first person of the perfect indicative (as, amv) is never contracted, the third very rarely.


Perfects in -v regularly omit v, but rarely contract the vowels except before st and ss, and very rarely in the third person perfect:
audieram for audveram; audsse for audvisse; audst for audvist; abiit for abvit; abirunt for abvrunt.

NOTE 1.The forms sris, srit, srtis, srint, for sveris etc. (from sver or sverim), are archaic.

NOTE 2.In many forms from the perfect stem is, iss, sis, are lost in like manner, when s would be repeated if they were retained: as, dxt for dxist (x = cs); trxe for trxisse; vst for vsist; vxet for vxisset; rpsmus for rpsissmus; dcsse for dcessisse. These forms belong to archaic and colloquial usage.


Four verbs,dc, dc, faci, fer,with their compounds, drop the vowel-termination of the Imperative, making dc, dc, fc, fr; but compounds in -fici retain it, as, cnfice.

NOTE.The imperative forms dce, dce, face (never fere), occur in early Latin.


For the imperative of sci, the future form sct is always used in the singular, and sctte usually in the plural.


The following ancient forms are found chiefly in poetry:

1. In the fourth conjugation, -bam, -b, for -ibam, -iam (future). These forms are regular in e, go ( 203).

2. In the present subjunctive, -im: as in duim, perduim, retained in religious formulas and often in comedy. This form is regular in sum and vol and their compounds ( 170, 199).

3. In the perfect subjunctive and future perfect indicative, -sim, -s: as, faxim, fax, iuss, recps (= fcerim etc.); ausim (= ausus sim).

4. In the passive infinitive, -ier: as, vocrier for vocr; agier for ag.

5. A form in -ss, -ssere is found used as a future perfect: as, amssis. from am; levss, from lev; impetrssere, from impetr; idicssit, from idic (cf. 263. 2. b. N.). [p. 92]



FIRST CONJUGATION (-STEMS)ACTIVE VOICE

The First Conjugation includes all verbs which add - to the root to form the present stem, with a few whose root ends in a-. The verb am, love, is conjugated as follows: PRINCIPAL PARTS: Present Indicative am, Present Infinitive amre, Perfect Indicative amv, Supine amtum.


PRESENT STEM am- PERFECT STEM amv- SUPINE STEM amt-
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT
am, 103 I love, am loving, do love amem 104
ams, thou lovest (you love) ams
amat, he (she, it) loves amet
ammus, we love ammus
amtis, you love amtis
amant, they love ament
IMPERFECT
ambam, I loved, was loving, did love amrem
ambs, you loved amrs
ambat, he loved amret
ambmus, we loved amrmus
ambtis, you loved amrtis
ambant, they loved amrent
FUTURE
amb, I shall love
ambis, you will love
ambit, he will love
ambimus, we shall love
ambitis, you will love
ambunt, they will love

[p. 93]


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT
amv, I loved, have loved amverim
amvist, you loved amveris
amvit, he loved amverit
amvimus, we loved amverimus
amvistis, you loved amveritis
amvrunt (-re), they loved amverint
PLUPERFECT
amveram, I had loved amvissem
amvers, you had loved amvisss
amverat, he had loved amvisset
amvermus, we had loved amvissmus
amvertis, you had loved amvisstis
amverant, they had loved amvissent
FUTURE PERFECT
Singular Plural
amver, I shall have loved amverimus, we shall have loved
amveris, you will have loved amveritis, you will have loved
amverit, he will have loved amverint, they will have loved
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT am, love thou amte, love ye
FUTURE amt, thou shalt love amtte, ye shall love
amt, he shall love amant, they shall love
INFINITIVE
PRESENT amre, to love
PERFECT amvisse or amsse, to have loved
FUTURE amtrus esse, to be about to love
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT amns, -antis, loving
FUTURE amtrus, -a, -um, about to love
GERUND
GENITIVE amand, of loving ACCUSATIVE amandum, loving
DATIVE amand, for loving ABLATIVE amand, by loving
SUPINE
amtum, to love amt, to love

[p. 94]



FIRST CONJUGATION (-STEMS)PASSIVE VOICE

PRINCIPAL PARTS: Present Indicative amor, Present Infinitive amr, Perfect Indicative amtus sum. 105


PRESENT STEM am- SUPINE STEM amt-
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT
amor,2 I am loved, being loved 106 amer 107
amris (-re), you are loved amris (-re)
amtur, he is loved amtur
ammur, we are loved ammur
ammin, you are loved ammin
amantur, they are loved amentur
IMPERFECT
ambar, I was loved, being loved amrer
ambris (-re), you were loved amrris (-re)
ambtur, he was loved amrtur
ambmur, we were loved amrmur
ambmin, you were loved amrmin
ambantur, they were loved amrentur
FUTURE
ambor, I shall be loved
amberis (-re), you will be loved
ambitur, he will be loved
ambimur, we shall be loved
ambimin, you will be loved
ambuntur, they will be loved

[p. 95]


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT
amtus sum, 108 I was loved amtus sim1
amtus es, you were loved amtus ss
amtus est, he was loved amtus sit
amt sumus, we were loved amt smus
amt estis, you were loved amt stis
amt sunt, they were loved amt sint
PLUPERFECT
amtus eram,1 I had been loved amtus essem1
amtus ers, you had been loved amtus esss
amtus erat, he had been loved amtus esset
amt ermus, we had been loved amt essmus
amt ertis, you had been loved amt esstis
amt erant, they had been loved amt essent
FUTURE PERFECT
Singular Plural
amtus er,1 I shall have been loved amt erimus, we shall have, etc.
amtus eris, you will have, etc. amt eritis, you will have, etc.
amtus erit, he will have, etc. amt erunt, they will have, etc.
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT amre, be thou loved ammin, be ye loved
FUTURE amtor, thou shalt be loved -----
amtor, he shall be loved amantor, they shall be loved
INFINITIVE
PRESENT amr, to be loved
PERFECT amtus esse, to have been loved
FUTURE amtum r, to be about to be loved
PARTICIPLES
PERFECT amtus, -a, -um, loved (beloved, or having been loved)
FUTURE (GERUNDIVE) amandus, -a, -um, to-be-loved (lovely)

[p. 96]


SECOND CONJUGATION (-STEMS)

The Second Conjugation includes all verbs which add - to the root to form the present stem, with a few whose root ends in -. PRINCIPAL PARTS: Active, mone, monre, monu, monitum; Passive, moneor, monr, monitus sum.


PRESENT STEM mon- PERFECT STEM monu- SUPINE STEM monit-


ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
mone, I warn moneam1 moneor monear 109
mons, you warn mones monris (-re) moneris (-re)
monet, he warns moneat montur monetur
monmus monemus monmur monemur
montis monetis monmin monemin
monent moneant monentur moneantur
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT
monbam monrem monbar monrer
monbs monrs monbris (-re) monrris (-re)
monbat monret monbtur monrtur
monbmus monrmus monbmur monrmur
monbtis monrtis monbmin monrmin
monbant monrent monbantur monrentur
FUTURE FUTURE
monb monbor
monbis monberis (-re)
monbit monbitur
monbimus monbimur
monbitis monbimin
monbunt monbuntur

[p. 97]


Active Voice Passive Voice
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT PERFECT
monu monuerim monitus sum monitus sim1
monuist monueris monitus es monitus ss
monuit monuerit monitus est monitus sit
monuimus monuerimus monit sumus monit smus
monuistis monueritis monit estis monit stis
monurunt (-re) monuerint monit sunt monit sint
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT
monueram monuissem monitus eram 110 monitus essem 111
monuers monuisss monitus ers monitus esss
monuerat monuisset monitus erat monitus esset
monuermus monuissmus monit ermus monit essmus
monuertis monuisstis monit ertis monit esstis
monuerant monuissent monit erant monit essent
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
monuer monitus er 112
monueris monitus eris
monuerit monitus erit
monuerimus monit erimus
monueritis monit eritis
monuerint monit erunt


IMPERATIVE
Singular Plural Singular Plural
PRESENT mon monte PRESENT monre monmin
FUTURE mont montte FUTURE montor -----
mont monent montor monentor
INFINITIVE
PRESENT monre monr
PERFECT monuisse monitus esse
FUTURE monitrus esse monitum r
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT monns, -entis PERFECT monitus, -a, -um
FUTURE monitrus, -a, -um GERUNDIVE monendus, -a, -um
GERUND SUPINE
monend, -d, -dum, -d monitum, monit

[p. 98]



THIRD CONJUGATION (-STEMS)

The Third Conjugation includes all verbs (not irregular, see 197) which add - to the root to form the present stem, with a few whose root ends in -. PRINCIPAL PARTS: Active, teg, tegre, tx, tctum; Passive, tegor, teg, tctus sum.


PRESENT STEM tege- PERFECT STEM tx- 113 SUPINE STEM tct-


ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
teg,2 I cover tegam2 tegor2 tegar2
tegis, you cover tegs tegeris (-re) tegris (-re)
tegit, he covers tegat tegitur tegtur
tegimus tegmus tegimur tegmur
tegitis tegtis tegimin tegmin
tegunt tegant teguntur tegantur
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT
tegbam tegerem tegbar tegerer
tegbs tegers tegbris (-re) tegerris (-re)
tegbat tegeret tegbtur tegertur
tegbmus tegermus tegbmur tegermur
tegbtis tegertis tegbmin tegermin
tegbant tegerent tegbantur tegerentur
FUTURE FUTURE
tegam2 tegar2
tegs tegris (-re)
teget tegtur
tegemus tegemur
tegtis tegmin
tegent tegentur 114

[p. 99]


Active Voice Passive Voice
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT PERFECT
tx txerim tctus sum1 tctus sim1
txist txeris tctus es tctus ss
txit txerit tctus est tctus sit
tximus txerimus tct sumus tct smus
txistis txeritis tct estis tct stis
txrunt (-re) txerint tct sunt tct sint
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT
txeram txissem tctus eram1 tctus essem1
txers txisss tctus ers tctus esss
txerat txisset tctus erat tctus esset
txermus txissmus tct ermus tct essmus
txertis txisstis tct ertis tct esstis
txerant txissent tct erant tct essent
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
txer tctus er1
txeris tctus eris
txerit tctus erit
txerimus tct erimus
txeritis tct eritis
txerint tct erunt 115


IMPERATIVE
Singular Plural Singular Plural
PRESENT tege tegite tegere tegimin
FUTURE tegit tegitte tegitor ------
tegit tegunt tegitor teguntor
INFINITIVE
PRESENT tegere teg
PERFECT txisse tctus esse
FUTURE tctrus esse tctum r
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT tegns, -entis PERFECT tctus, -a, -um
FUTURE tctrus, -a, -um GERUNDIVE tegendus (-undus)
GERUND SUPINE
tegend, -d, -dum, -d tctum, tct

[p. 100]



FOURTH CONJUGATION (-STEMS)

The Fourth Conjugation includes all verbs which add - to the root to form the present stem. PRINCIPAL PARTS: Active, audi, audre, audv, audtum; Passive, audior, audr, audtus sum.


PRESENT STEM aud- PERFECT STEM audv- SUPINE STEM audt-


ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
audi, I hear audiam1 audior audiar1
auds, you hear audis audris (-re) audiris (-re)
audit, he hears audiat audtur auditur
audmus audimus audmur audimur
audtis auditis audmin audimin
audiunt audiant audiuntur audiantur
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT
audibam1 audrem audibar1 audrer
audibs audrs audibris (-re) audrris (-re)
audibat audret audibtur audrtur
audibmus audrmus audibmur audrmur
audibtis audrtis audibmin audrmin
audibant audrent audibantur audrentur
FUTURE FUTURE
audiam1 audiar1
audis audiris (-re)
audiet auditur
audimus audimur
auditis audimin
audient audientur 116

[p. 101]


Active Voice Passive Voice
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT PERFECT
audv audverim audtus sum1 audtus sim1
audvist audveris audtus es audtus ss
audvit audverit audtus est audtus sit
audvimus audverimus audt sumus audt smus
audvistis audveritis audt estis audt stis
audvrunt (-re) audverint audt sunt audt sint
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT
audveram audvissem audtus eram1 audtus essem1
audvers audvisss audtus ers audtus esss
audverat audvisset audtus erat audtus esset
audvermus audvissmus audt ermus audt essmus
audvertis audvisstis audt ertis audt esstis
audverant audvissent audt erant audt essent
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
audver audtus er1
audveris audtus eris
audverit audtus erit
audverimus audt erimus
audveritis audt eritis
audverint audt erunt 117


IMPERATIVE
Singular Plural Singular Plural
PRESENT aud audte audre audmin
FUTURE audt audtte audtor ------
audt audiunt audtor audiuntor
INFINITIVE
PRESENT audre audr
PERFECT audvisse audtus esse
FUTURE audtrus esse audtum r
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT audins, -ientis PERFECT audtus, -a, -um
FUTURE audtrus, -a, -um GERUNDIVE audiendus, -a, -um
GERUND SUPINE
audiend, -d, -dum, -d audtum, audt

[p. 102]



VERBS IN -i OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION

Verbs of the Third Conjugation in -i have certain forms of the present stem like the fourth conjugation. They lose the i of the stem before a consonant and also before , , and (except in the future, the participle, the gerund, and the gerundive). 118 Verbs of this class are conjugated as follows: PRINCIPAL PARTS: Active, capi, capre, cp, captum; Passive, capior, cap, captus sum.


PRESENT STEM capie- (cape-) PERFECT STEM cp- SUPINE STEM capt-


ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
capi, I take capiam capior capiar
capis, you take capis caperis (-re) capiris (-re)
capit, he takes capiat capitur capitur
capimus capimus capimur capimur
capitis capitis capimin capimin
capiunt capiant capiuntur capiantur
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT
capibam caperem capibar caperer
FUTURE FUTURE
capiam capiar
capis capiris (-re)
capiet, etc. capitur, etc.
PERFECT PERFECT
cp cperim captus sum captus sim
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT
cperam cpissem captus eram captus essem
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT
cper captus er

[p. 103]


Active Voice Passive Voice
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
Singular Plural Singular Plural
cape capite capere capimini
FUTURE FUTURE
capit capitte capitor ------
capit capiunto capitor capiuntor


INFINITIVE
PRESENT capere cap
PERFECT cpisse captus esse
FUTURE captrus esse captum r
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT capins, -ientis PERFECT captus, -a, -um
FUTURE captrus, -a, -um GERUNDIVE capiendus, -a, -um
GERUND SUPINE
capiend, -d, -dum, -d captum, -t



Parallel Forms

Many verbs have more than one set of forms, of which only one is generally found in classic use:
lav, lavre or lavre, wash (see 211. e).
scate, scatre or scatre, gush forth.
ldific, -re, or ldificor, -r, mock.
fulg, fulgre, or fulge, fulgre, shine.



DEPONENT VERBS

Deponent Verbs have the forms of the Passive Voice, with an active or reflexive signification:


PRINCIPAL PARTS First conjugation: mror, mrr, mrtus, admire.
Second conjugation: vereor, verr, veritus, fear.
Third conjugation: sequor, sequ, sectus, follow.
Fourth conjugation: partior, partr, parttus, share.

[p. 104]


INDICATIVE
PRES. mror vereor sequor partior
mrris (-re) verris (-re) sequeris (-re) partris (-re)
mrtur vertur sequitur parttur
mrmur vermur sequimur partmur
mrmin vermin sequimin partmin
mrantur verentur sequuntur partiuntur
IMPF. mrbar verbar sequbar partibar
FUT. mrbor verbor sequar partiar
PERF. mrtus sum veritus sum sectus sum parttus sum
PLUP. mrtus eram veritus eram sectus eram parttus eram
F. P. mrtus er veritus er sectus er parttus er
SUBJUNCTIVE
PRES. mrer verear sequar partiar
IMPF. mrrer verrer sequerer partrer
PERF. mrtus sim veritus sim sectus sim parttus sim
PLUP. mrtus essem veritus essem sectus essem parttus essem
IMPERATIVE
PRES. mrre verre sequere partre
FUT. mrtor vertor sequitor parttor
INFINITIVE
PRES. mrr verr sequ partr
PERF. mrtus esse veritus esse sectus esse parttus esse
FUT. mrtrus esse veritrus esse sectrus esse parttrus esse
PARTICIPLES
PRES. mrns verns sequns partins
FUT. mrtrus veritrus sectrus parttrus
PERF. mrtus veritus sectus parttus
GER. mrandus verendus sequendus partiendus
GERUND
mrand, -, etc. verend, etc. sequend, etc. partiend, etc.
SUPINE
mrtum, -t veritum, -t sectum, -t parttum, -t

[p. 105]


Deponents have the participles of both voices:


sequns, following. sectrus, about to follow.
sectus, having followed. sequendus, to be followed.


The perfect participle generally has an active sense, but in verbs otherwise deponent it is often passive: as, merctus, bought; adeptus, gained (or having gained).


The future infinitive is always in the active form: thus, sequor has sectrus (-a, -um) esse (not sectum r).


The gerundive, being passive in meaning, is found only in transitive verbs, or intransitive verbs used impersonally:
hc cnfitendum est, this must be acknowledged.
moriendum est omnibus, all must die.


Most deponents are intransitive or reflexive in meaning, corresponding to what in Greek is called the Middle Voice ( 156. a. N.).


Some deponents are occasionally used in a passive sense: as, crminor, I accuse, or I am accused.


About twenty verbs have an active meaning in both active and passive forms: as, mere or mereor, I deserve.


More than half of all deponents are of the First Conjugation, and all of these are regular. The following deponents are irregular:
adsentior, -r, adsnsus, assent.
apscor, (-ip-), -, aptus (-eptus), get.
dfetscor, -, -fessus, faint.
expergscor, -, -perrctus, rouse.
experior, -r, expertus, try.
fateor, -r, fassus, confess.
fruor, -, frctus (fruitus), enjoy.
fungor, -, fnctus, fulfil.
gradior (-gredior), -, gressus, step.
rscor, -, rtus, be angry.
lbor, -, lpsus, fall.
loquor, -, loctus, speak.
mtior, -r, mnsus, measure.
-minscor, -, -mentus, think.
morior, - (-r), mortuus (moritrus), die.
nancscor, -, nactus (nnctus), find.
nscor, -, ntus, be born.
ntor, -, nsus (nxus), strive.
oblvscor, -, obltus, forget.
opperior, -r, oppertus, await.
rdior, -r, rsus, begin.
orior, -r, ortus (oritrus), rise (3d conjugation in most forms).
pacscor, -, pactus, bargain.
patior (-petior), -, passus (-pessus), suffer.
-plector, -, -plexus, clasp.
proficscor, -, profectus, set out.
queror, -, questus, complain.
reor, rr, ratus, think.
revertor, -, reversus, return.
ringor, -, rictus, snarl.
sequor, -, sectus, follow.
tueor, -r, tuitus (ttus), defend.
ulcscor, -, ultus, avenge.
tor, -, sus, use, employ.

NOTE.The deponent comperior, -r, compertus, is rarely found for comperi, -re. Revertor, until the time of Augustus, had regularly the active forms in the perfect sys tem. revert. reverteram, etc. [p. 106]


The following deponents have no supine stem:


dvertor, -t, turn aside (to lodge). medeor, -r, heal.
diffiteor, -r, deny. reminscor, -, call to mind.
fatscor, -, gape. vescor, -, feed upon.
lquor, -, melt (intrans.).

NOTE.Deponents are really passive (or middle) verbs whose active voice has disappeared. There is hardly one that does not show signs of having been used in the active at some period of the language.


Semi-Deponents

A few verbs having no perfect stem are regular in the present, but appear in the tenses of completed action as deponents. These are called Semi-deponents. They are:


aude, audre, ausus, dare. gaude, gaudre, gvsus, rejoice.
fd, fdre, fsus, trust. sole, solre, solitus, be wont.


From aude there is an old perfect subjunctive ausim. The form sds (for s auds), an thou wilt, is frequent in the dramatists and rare elsewhere.


The active forms vpul, vpulre, be flogged, and vne, vnre, be sold (contracted from vnum re, go to sale), have a passive meaning, and are sometimes called neutral passives. To these may be added fier, to be made ( 204), and exsulre, to be banished (live in exile); cf. accdere, to be added.

NOTE.The following verbs are sometimes found as semi-deponents: ir, irre. irtus, swear; nb, nbere, npta, marry; place, placre, placitus, please.




THE PERIPHRASTIC CONJUGATIONS

A Periphrastic form, as the name indicates, is a roundabout way of speaking. In the widest sense, all verb-phrases consisting of participles and sum are Periphrastic Forms. The Present Participle is, however, rarely so used, and the Perfect Participle with sum is included in the regular conjugation (amtus sum, eram, etc.). Hence the term Periphrastic Conjugation is usually restricted to verb-phrases consisting of the Future Active Participle or the Gerundive with sum.

NOTE.The Future Passive Infinitive, as amtum r, formed from the infinitive passive of e, go, used impersonally with the supine in -um, may also be classed as a periphrastic form ( 203. a).


There are two Periphrastic Conjugations, known respectively as the First (or Active) and the Second (or Passive).


The First Periphrastic Conjugation combines the Future Active Participle with the forms of sum, and denotes a future or intended action.


The Second Periphrastic Conjugation combines the Gerundive with the forms of sum, and denotes obligation, necessity, or propriety.


The periphrastic forms are inflected regularly throughout the Indicative and Subjunctive and in the Present and Perfect Infinitive. [p. 107]


The First Periphrastic Conjugation:


INDICATIVE
PRESENT amtrus sum, I am about to love
IMPERFECT amtrus eram, I was about to love
FUTURE amtrus er, I shall be about to love
PERFECT amtrus fu, I have been, was, about to love
PLUPERFECT amtrus fueram, I had been about to love
FUTURE PERFECT amtrus fuer, I shall have been about to love
SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT amtrus sim
IMPERFECT amtrus essem
PERFECT amtrus fuerim
PLUPERFECT amtrus fuissem
INFINITIVE
PRESENT amtrus esse, to be about to love
PERFECT amtrus fuisse, to have been about to love

So in the other conjugations:
Second: monitrus sum, I am about to advise.
Third: tctrus sum, I am about to cover.
Fourth: audtrus sum, I am about to hear.
Third (in -i): captrus sum, I am about to take.


The Second Periphrastic Conjugation:


INDICATIVE
PRESENT amandus sum, I am to be, must be, loved
IMPERFECT amandus eram, I was to be, had to be, loved
FUTURE amandus er, I shall have to be loved
PERFECT amandus fu, I was to be, had to be, loved
PLUPERFECT amandus fueram, I had had to be loved
FUTURE PERFECT amandus fuer, I shall have had to be loved
SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT amandus sim
IMPERFECT amandus essem
PERFECT amandus fuerim
PLUPERFECT amandus fuissem
INFINITIVE
PRESENT amandus esse, to have to be loved
PERFECT amandus fuisse, to have had to be loved

[p. 108]

So in the other conjugations:
Second: monendus sum, I am to be, must be, advised.
Third: tegendus sum, I am to be, must be, covered.
Fourth: audiendus sum, I am to be, must be, heard.
Third (in -i): capiendus sum, I am to be, must be, taken.



IRREGULAR VERBS

Several verbs add some of the personal endings of the present system directly to the root, 119 or combine two verbs in their inflection. These are called Irregular Verbs. They are sum, vol, fer, ed, d, e, que, f, and their compounds.

Sum has already been inflected in 170.


Sum is compounded without any change of inflection with the prepositions ab, ad, d, in, inter, ob, prae, pr (earlier form prd), sub, super.


In the compound prsum (help), pr retains its original d before e: PRINCIPAL PARTS: prsum, prdesse, prfu, prfutrus


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
Singular Plural Singular Plural
PRESENT prsum prsumus prsim prsmus
prdes prdestis prss prstis
prdest prsunt prsit prsint
IMPERFECT prderam prdermus prdessem prdessmus
FUTURE prder prderimus ---- ----
PERFECT prfu prfuimus prfuerim prfuerimus
PLUPERFECT prfueram prfuermus prfuissem prfuissmus
FUT. PERF. prfuer prfuerimus ---- ----


IMPERATIVE
PRESENT prdes, prdeste FUTURE prdest, prdestte
INFINITIVE
PRESENT prdesse PERFECT prfuisse
FUTURE prfutrus esse
PARTICIPLE
FUTURE prfutrus

[p. 109]


Sum is also compounded with the adjective potis, or pote, able, making the verb possum (be able, can). Possum is inflected as follows: 120 PRINCIPAL PARTS: possum, posse, potu 121


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
Singular Plural Singular Plural
PRESENT possum possumus possim possmus
potes potestis posss posstis
potest possunt possit possint
IMPERFECT poteram potermus possem possmus
FUTURE poter poterimus ---- ----
PERFECT potu potuimus potuerim potuerimus
PLUPERFECT potueram potuermus potuissem potuissmus
FUT. PERF. potuer potuerimus ---- ----
INFINITIVE
PRES. posse PERF. potuisse

PARTICIPLE
PRES. potns (adjective), powerful


vol, nl, ml
PRINCIPAL PARTS: vol, velle, volu,, be willing, will, wish nl, nlle, nlu,, be unwilling, will not ml, mlle, mlu,, be more willing, prefer

NOTE.Nl and ml are compounds of vol. Nl is for ne-vol, and ml for mvol from mage-vol.


INDICATIVE
PRESENT vol nl ml
vs 122 nn vs mvs
vult (volt) nn vult mvult
volumus nlumus mlumus
vultis (voltis) nn vultis mvultis
volunt nlunt mlunt
IMPERFECT volbam nlbam mlbam
FUTURE volam, vols, etc. nlam, nls, etc. mlam, mls, etc.
PERFECT volu nlu mlu
PLUPERFECT volueram nlueram mlueram
FUT. PERF. voluer nluer mluer

[p. 110]


SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT velim, -s, -it, nlim mlim
velmus, -tis, -int
IMPERFECT vellem,1 -s, -et, nllem mllem
vellmus, -tis, -ent
PERFECT voluerim nluerim mluerim
PLUPERFECT voluissem nluissem mluissem 123


IMPERATIVE
PRESENT ---- nl, nlte ----
FUTURE ---- nlt, etc. ----


INFINITIVE
PRESENT velle1 nlle mlle
PERFECT voluisse nluisse mluisse


PARTICIPLES
PRESENT volns, -entis nlns, -entis ----

NOTE.The forms ss for s vs, sltis for s vultis, and the forms nvs (n-vs), nvolt, mvol, mvolunt, mvelim, mvellem, etc., occur in early writers.


Fer, bear, carry, endure 124 PRINCIPAL PARTS: fer, ferre, 125 tul, ltum


PRESENT STEM fer- PERFECT STEM tul- SUPINE STEM lt-


ACTIVE PASSIVE
INDICATIVE
PRESENT fer ferimus feror ferimur
fers fertis ferris (-re) ferimin
fert ferunt fertur feruntur
IMPERFECT ferbam ferbar
FUTURE feram ferar
PERFECT tul ltus sum
PLUPERFECT tuleram ltus eram
FUTURE PERFECT tuler ltus er

[p. 111]


Active Passive
SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT feram ferar
IMPERFECT ferrem1 ferrer
PERFECT tulerim ltus sim
PLUPERFECT tulissem ltus essem
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT fer ferte ferre ferimin
FUTURE fert fertte fertor
fert ferunt fertor feruntor
INFINITIVE
PRESENT ferre ferr
PERFECT tulisse ltus esse
FUTURE ltrus esse ltum r
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT ferns, -entis PERFECT ltus
FUTURE ltrus GERUNDIVE ferendus
GERUND SUPINE
ferend, -d, -dum, -d ltum, lt 126


The compounds of fer, conjugated like the simple verb, are the following:


ad- adfer adferre attul alltum
au-, ab- aufer auferre abstul abltum
con- cnfer cnferre contul colltum
dis-, d- differ differre distul dltum
ex-, - effer efferre extul ltum
in- nfer nferre intul illtum
ob- offer offerre obtul obltum
re- refer referre rettul reltum
sub- suffer sufferre sustul2 subltum 127

NOTE.In these compounds the phonetic changes in the preposition are especially to be noted. ab- and au- are two distinct prepositions with the same meaning. [p. 112]


Ed, edere, d, sum, eat, is regular of the third conjugation, but has also an archaic present subjunctive and some alternative forms directly from the root (ED), without the thematic vowel. These are in full-faced type.


ACTIVE
INDICATIVE
PRESENT ed, edis (s 128 ), edit (st)
edimus, editis (stis), edunt
IMPERFECT edbam, edbs, etc.


SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT edam (edim), eds (eds), edat (edit)
edmus (edmus), edtis (edtis), edant (edint)
IMPERFECT ederem, eders (sss), ederet (sset)
edermus (ssmus), edertis (sstis), ederent (ssent)


IMPERATIVE
Singular Plural
PRESENT ede (s) edite (ste)
FUTURE edit (st) editte (stte)
edit (st) edunt


INFINITIVE PARTICIPLES
PRESENT edere (sse) PRESENT edns, -entis
PERFECT disse FUTURE srus2
FUTURE srus esse 129


GERUND
edend, -d, -dum, -d


SUPINE
sum, s 130


In the Passive the following irregular forms occur in the third person singular: Present Indicative stur, Imperfect Subjunctive sstur. [p. 113]


The irregular verb d, give, is conjugated as follows: PRINCIPAL PARTS: d, dre, ded, datum


PRESENT STEM d- PERFECT STEM ded- SUPINE STEM dat-


ACTIVE PASSIVE
INDICATIVE
PRESENT d damus ---- damur
ds datis daris (-re) damin
dat dant datur dantur
IMPERFECT dabam dabar
FUTURE dab dabor
PERFECT ded datus sum
PLUPERFECT dederam datus eram
FUTURE PERFECT deder datus er
SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT dem, ds, det, etc. ----, dris (-re), dtur, etc
IMPERFECT darem darer
PERFECT dederim datus sim
PLUPERFECT dedissem datus essem
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT d date dare damin
FUTURE dat datte dator ----
dat dant dator dantor
INFINITIVE
PRESENT dare dar
PERFECT dedisse datus esse
FUTURE datrus esse datum r
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT dns, dantis PERFECT datus
FUTURE datrus GERUNDIVE dandus
GERUND
dand, -d, -dum, -d
SUPINE
datum, dat


For compounds of d, see 209. a. N. [p. 114]


E, go. 131 PRINCIPAL PARTS: e, re, i (v), tum


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT e, s, it eam, es, eat
mus, tis, eunt emus, etis, eant
IMPERFECT bam, bs, bat rem, rs, ret
bmus, btis, bant rmus, rtis, rent
FUTURE b, bis, bit
bimus, bitis, bunt
PERFECT i (v) ierim (verim)
PLUPERFECT ieram (veram) ssem (vissem)
FUTURE PERFECT ier (ver)


IMPERATIVE
PRESENT FUTURE t, tte
te t, eunt


INFINITIVE
PRESENT re PERFECT sse (visse) FUTURE itrus esse


PARTICIPLES
PRESENT ins, gen. euntis FUTURE itrus GERUNDIVE eundum
GERUND eund, -d, -dum, -d SUPINE itum, it


The compounds ade, approach, ine, enter, and some others, are tran sitive. They are inflected as follows in the passive:


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRES. adeor IMPF. adbar PRES. adear
adris FUT. adbor IMPF. adrer
adtur PERF. aditus sum PERF. aditus sim
admur PLUP. aditus eram PLUP. aditus essem
admin F. P. aditus er
adeuntur


INFIN. adr aditus esse PART. aditus adeundus

Thus inflected, the forms of e are used impersonally in the third person singular of the passive: as, itum est ( 208. d). The infinitive r is used with the supine in -um to make the future infinitive passive ( 193. N.). The verb vne, be sold (i.e. vnum e, go to sale), has also several forms in the passive.


In the perfect system of e the forms with v are very rare in the simple verb and unusual in the compounds.


ii before s is regularly contracted to : as, sse. [p. 115]


The compound ambi is inflected regularly like a verb of the fourth conjugation. But it has also ambbat in the imperfect indicative.


Pr with e retains its original d: as, prde, prds, prdit.


Faci, facere, fc, factum, make, is regular. But it has imperative fac in the active, and, besides the regular forms, the future perfect fax, perfect subjunctive faxim. The passive of faci is
f, fir, factus sum, be made or become.

The present system of f is regular of the fourth conjugation, but the subjunctive imperfect is fierem, and the infinitive fier.

NOTE.The forms in brackets are not used in good prose.


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT f, fs, fit fam, fs, fat
[fmus], [ftis], funt fmus, ftis, fant
IMPERFECT fbam, fbs, etc. fierem, fiers, etc.
FUTURE fam, fs, etc.
PERFECT factus sum factus sim
PLUPERFECT factus eram factus essem
FUTURE PERFECT factus er


IMPERATIVE
[f, fte, ft, ] 132


INFINITIVE
PRESENT fier PERFECT factus esse FUTURE factum r


PARTICIPLES
PERFECT factus GERUNDIVE faciendus


Most compounds of faci with prepositions weaken to in the present stem and to in the supine stem, and are inflected regularly like verbs in -i:
cnfici, cnficre, cnfc, cnfectum, finish.
cnficior, cnfic, cnfectus.


Other compounds retain a, and have -f in the passive: as, benefaci, -facere, -fc, -factum; passive benef, -fier, -factus, benefit. These retain the accent of the simple verb: as, bene-f'cis ( 12. a, Exc.).


A few isolated forms of fo occur in other compounds:
cnfit, it happens, cnfunt; cnfat; cnfieret, cnfierent; cnfier.
dfit, it lacks, dfunt; dfet; dfat; dfier.
effier, to be effected.
nf, begin (to speak), nfit.
interfat, let him perish; interfier, to perish.
superfit, it remains over; superfat, superfier. [p. 116]



DEFECTIVE VERBS

Some verbs have lost the Present System, and use only tenses of the Perfect, in which they are inflected regularly. These are


coep, 133 I began d, 134 I hate memin, 135 I remember
INDICATIVE
PERFECT coep d memin
PLUPERFECT coeperam deram memineram
FUTURE PERFECT coeper der meminer
SUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT coeperim derim meminerim
PLUPERFECT coepissem dissem meminissem
IMPERATIVE
mement
mementte
INFINITIVE
PERFECT coepisse disse meminisse
FUTURE coeptrus esse srus esse
PARTICIPLES
PERFECT coeptus, begun sus, hating or hated
FUTURE coeptrus srus, likely to hate


The passive of coep is often used with the passive infinitive: as, coeptus sum vocr, I began to be called, but coep vocre, I began to call. For the present system incipi is used.

NOTE.Early and rare forms are coepi, coepiam, coeperet, coepere.


The Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect of d and memin have the meanings of a Present, Imperfect, and Future respectively:
d, I hate; deram, I hated (was hating); der, I shall hate.

NOTE 1.A present participle meminns is early and late.

NOTE 2.Nv and cnsuv (usually referred to nsc and cnsusc) are often used in the sense of I know (have learned) and I am accustomed (have become accustomed) as preteritive verbs. Many other verbs are occasionally used in the same way (see 476. N.). [p. 117]


Many verbs are found only in the Present System. Such are maere, -re, be sorrowful (cf. maestus, sad); feri, -re, strike.

In many the simple verb is incomplete, but the missing parts occur in its compounds: as, vd, vdere, in-vs, in-vsum.

Some verbs occur very commonly, but only in a few forms:


i, I say:


INDIC. PRES. i, ais, 136 ait; ----, ----, iunt
IMPF. ibam, 137 ibs, etc.
SUBJV. PRES. ----, is, iat; ----, ----, iant
IMPER. a (rare)
PART. ins

The vowels a and i are pronounced separately (a-is, a-it) except sometimes in old or colloquial Latin. Before a vowel, one i stands for two (see 6. c):thus i was pronounced ai-y and was sometimes written aii.


Inquam, I say, except in poetry, is used only in direct quotations (cf. the English quoth).


INDIC. PRES. inquam, inquis, inquit; inquimus, inquitis (late), inquiunt
IMPF. ----, ----, inquibat; ----, ----, ----
FUT. ----, inquis, inquiet; ----, ----, ----
PERF. inqui, inqust, ----; ----, ----, ----
IMPER. PRES. inque
FUT. inquit

The only common forms are inquam, inquis, inquit, inquiunt, and the future nquis, inquiet.


The deponent fr, to speak, has the following forms:


INDIC. PRES. ----, ----, ftur; ----, ----, fantur
FUT. fbor, ----, fbitur; ----, ----, ----
PERF. ----, ----, ftus est; ----, ----, ft sunt
PLUP. ftus eram, ----, ftus erat; ----, ----, ----
IMPER. PRES. fre
INFIN. PRES. fr
PART. PRES. fns, fantis, etc. (in singular)
PERF. ftus (having spoken)
GER. fandus (to be spoken of)


GERUND, gen. fand, abl. fand SUPINE ft

Several forms compounded with the prepositions ex, prae, pr, inter, occur: as, praeftur, praefmur, affr, prftus, interftur, etc. The compound nfns is regularly used as a noun (child). nfandus, nefandus, are used as adjectives, unspeakable, abominable. [p. 118]


Que, I can, neque, I cannot, are conjugated like e. They are rarely used except in the present. Que is regularly accompanied by a negative. The forms given below occur, those in full-faced type in classic prose. The Imperative, Gerund, and Supine are wanting.


INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT PRESENT
que queam neque (nn que) nequeam
qus ques nequs neques
quit queat nequit nequeat
qumus quemus nequmus nequemus
qutis ---- nequtis ----
queunt queant nequeunt nequeant
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT
qubam ---- ---- nequrem
qubat quret nequbat nequret
---- qurent nequbant nequrent
FUTURE FUTURE
qub nequbit
qubunt nequbunt
PERFECT PERFECT
quv ---- nequv nequverim
---- ---- nequst ----
quvit quverit (-ierit) nequvit (nequiit) nequverit
quvrunt (-re) quierint nequvrunt (-quire) nequverint
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT
---- ---- nequverat (-ierat) nequvisset (-qusset)
---- quvissent nequverant (-ierant) nequssent
INFINITIVE
qure qusse nequre nequvisse (-qusse)
PARTICIPLES
quins nequins, nequeunts

NOTE.A few passive forms are used with passive infinitives: as, qutur, queuntur, quitus sum, quetur, queantur, nequtur, nequitum; but none of these occurs in classic prose. [p. 119]


Quaes, I ask, beg (original form of quaer), has


INDIC. PRES. quaes, quaesmus

NOTE.Other forms of quaes are found occasionally in early Latin. For the perfect system (quaesv, etc.), see quaer ( 211. d).


Ovre, to triumph, has the following:


INDIC. PRES. ovs, ovat
SUBJV. PRES. ovet
IMPF. ovret
PART. ovns, ovtrus, ovtus
GER. ovand


A few verbs are found chiefly in the Imperative:
PRES. singular salv, plural salvte, FUT. salvt, hail! (from salvus, safe and sound). An infinitive salvre and the indicative forms salve, salvtis, salvbis, are rare.
PRES. singular av (or hav), plural avte, FUT. avt, hail or farewell. An infinitive avre also occurs.
PRES. singular cdo, plural cdite (cette), give, tell.
PRES. singular apage, begone (properly a Greek word).



IMPERSONAL VERBS

Many verbs, from their meaning, appear only in the third person singular, the infinitive, and the gerund. These are called Impersonal Verbs, as having no personal subject. 138 The passive of many intransitive verbs is used in the same way.


CONJ. I II III IV PASS. CONJ. I
it is plain it is allowed it chances it results it is fought
cnstat licet accidit venit pgntur
cnstbat licbat accidbat venibat pgnbtur
cnstbit licbit accidet veniet pgnbitur
cnstitit licuit, -itum est accidit vnit pgntum est
cnstiterat licuerat acciderat vnerat pgntum erat
cnstiterit licuerit acciderit vnerit pgntum erit
cnstet liceat accidat veniat pgntur
cnstret licret accideret venret pgnrtur
cnstiterit licuerit acciderit vnerit pgntum sit
cnstitisset licuisset accidisset vnisset pgntum esset
cnstre licre accidre venre pgnr
cnstitisse licuisse accidisse vnisse pgntum esse
-sttrum esse -itrum esse ---- -trum esse pgntum r

[p. 120]


Impersonal Verbs may be classified as follows:


Verbs expressing the operations of nature and the time of day:


vesperscit (inceptive, 263. 1), it grows late. ningit, it snows.
lcscit hc, it is getting light. fulgurat, it lightens.
grandinat, it hails. tonat, it thunders.
pluit, it rains. rrat, the dew falls.

NOTE.In these no subject is distinctly thought of. Sometimes, however, the verb is used personally with the name of a divinity as the subject: as, Iuppiter tonat, Jupiter thunders. In poetry other subjects are occasionally used: as, fundae saxa pluunt, the slings rain stones.


Verbs of feeling, where the person who is the proper subject becomes the object, as being himself affected by the feeling expressed in the verb ( 354. b):


miseret, it grieves. paenitet (poenitet), it repents.
piget, it disgusts. pudet, it shames.
taedet, it wearies.


miseret m, I pity (it distresses me); pudet m, I am ashamed.

NOTE.Such verbs often have also a passive form: as, misereor, I pity (am moved to pity); and occasionally other parts: as, paenitrus (as from paeni), paenitendus, pudendus, pertaesum est, pigitum est.


Verbs which have a phrase or clause as their subject (cf. 454, 569.2):
accidit, contingit, venit, obtingit, obvenit, fit, it happens.


libet, it pleases. dlectat, iuvat, it delights.
licet, it is permitted. oportet, it is fitting, ought.
certum est, it is resolved. necesse est, it is needful.
cnstat, it is clear. praestat, it is better.
placet, it seems good (pleases). interest, rfert, it concerns.
vidtur, it seems, seems good. vacat, there is leisure.
decet, it is becoming. restat, superest, it remains.

NOTE.Many of these verbs may be used personally; as, vac, I have leisure. Libet and licet have also the passive forms libitum (licitum) est etc. The participles libns and licns are used as adjectives.


The passive of intransitive verbs is very often used impersonally (see synopsis in 207):
ventum est, they came (there was coming).
pgntur, there is fighting (it is fought).
tur, some one goes (it is gone).
parcitur mihi, I am spared (it is spared to me, see 372).

NOTE.The impersonal use of the passive proceeds from its original reflexive (or middle) meaning, the action being regarded as accomplishing itself (compare the French cela se fait). [p. 121]



CLASSIFIED LISTS OF VERBS

First Conjugation

There are about 360 simple verbs of the First Conjugation, most of them formed directly on a noun-or adjective-stem:
arm, arm (arma, arms); caec, to blind (caecus, blind); exsul, be an exile (exsul, an exile) ( 259).

Their conjugation is usually regular, like am; though of many only a few forms are found in use.


The following verbs form their Perfect and Supine stems irregularly. Those marked * have also regular forms.


crep, crepu (-crepv), -crepit-, resound. plic, *-plicu, *-plicit-, fold.
cub, *cubu, -cubit-, lie down. pt, ptv, *pt-, drink.
d, dre, ded, dt-, give (DA). sec, secu, sect-, cut.
dom, domu, domit-, subdue. son, sonu, sonit-,1 sound.
fric, fricu, *frict-, rub. st, stet, -stat- (-stit-), stand.
iuv (ad-iuv), iv, it-, 139 help. ton, tonu, *-tonit-, thunder.
mic, micu, ----, glitter. vet, vetu, vetit-, forbid.
nec, *necu, nect- (-nect-), kill. 140

NOTE.Compounds of these verbs have the following forms:
crep: con-crepu, dis-crepu or -crepv; in-crepu or -crepv.
d: circum-, inter-, pessum-, satis-, super-, vnum-d, -ded, -dat-, of the first conjugation. Other compounds belong to the root DHA, put, and are of the third conjugation: as, cond, condre, condid, conditum.
mic: d-micv, -mict-; -micu, -mict-.
plic: re-, sub- (sup-), multi-plic, -plicv, -plict-; ex-plic (unfold), -u, -it-; (explain), -v, -t-; im-plic, -v (-u), -tum (-itum).
st: cn-st, -stit, (-sttrus); ad, re-st, -stit, ----; ante- (anti-), inter-, superst, -stet, ----; circum-st, -stet (-stit), ----; prae-st, -stit, -stit- (-stt-); d-st, ex-st, no perfect or supine (future participle ex-sttrus).



Second Conjugation

There are nearly 120 simple verbs of the Second Conjugation, most of them denominative verbs of condition, having a corresponding noun and adjective from the same root, and an inceptive in -sc ( 263. 1):
cale, be warm; calor, warmth; calidus, warm; calsc, grow warm.
time, fear; timor, fear; timidus, timid; per-timsco, to take fright. [p. 122]


Most verbs of the second conjugation are inflected like mone, but many lack the supine (as, arce, ward off; care, lack; ege, need; time, fear), and a number have neither perfect nor supine (as, maere, be sad).


The following keep in all the systems:


dle, destroy dlre dlv dltum
fle, weep flre flv fltum
ne, sew nre nv [ntum]
vie, plait vire [viv] vitum
com-ple, fill up 141 -plre -plv -pltum


The following show special irregularities:


alge, als, be cold. mulce, muls, muls-, soothe.
rde, rs, rsrus, burn. mulge, muls, muls-, milk.
aude, ausus sum, dare. (c)nve, -nv (-nx), ----, wink.
auge, aux, auct-, increase. (ab)ole, -olv, -olit-, destroy.
cave, cv, caut-, care. pende, pepend, -pns-, hang.
cnse, cnsu, cns-, value. prande, prand, prns-, dine.
cie, cv, cit-, excite. rde, rs, -rs-, laugh.
doce, docu, doct-, teach. sede, sd, sess-, sit.
fave, fv, faut-, favor. sole, solitus sum, be wont.
ferve, ferv (ferbu), ----, glow. sorbe, sorbu (sorps), ----, suck.
fove, fv, ft-, cherish. sponde, spopond, spns-, pledge.
fulge, fuls, ----, shine. strde, strd, ----, whiz.
gaude, gvsus sum, rejoice. sude, sus, sus-, urge.
haere, haes, haes-, cling. tene (-tine), tenu, -tent-, hold.
indulge, induls, indult-, indulge. terge, ters, ters-, wipe.
iube, iuss, iuss-, order. tonde, -totond (-tond), tns-, shear.
lique, licu (lqu), ----, melt. torque, tors, tort-, twist.
lce, lx, ----, shine. torre, torru, tost-, roast.
lge, lx, ----, mourn. turge, turs, ----, swell.
mane, mns, mns-, wait. urge, urs, ----, urge.
misce, -cu, mixt- (mist-), mix. vide, vd, vs-, see.
morde, momord, mors-, bite. vove, vv, vt-, vow.
move, mv, mt-, move.



Third Conjugation

The following lists include most simple verbs of the Third Conjugation, classed according to the formation of the Perfect Stem:


Forming the perfect stem in s (x) ( 177. b and note):


ang, nx, ----, choke. claud, claus, claus-, shut.
carp, carps, carpt-, pluck. cm, cmps, cmpt-, comb, deck.
cd, cess, cess-, yield. coqu, cox, coct-, cook.
cing, cnx, cnct-, bind. -cuti, -cuss, -cuss-, shake.

[p. 123]


dm, dmps, dmpt-, take away. quati, (-cuss), quass-, shake.
dc, dx, dict-, say. rd, rs, rs-, scrape.
dvid, dvs, dvs-, divide. reg, rx, rct-, rule.
dc, dx, duct-, guide. rp, rps, ----, creep.
mung, -mnx, -mnct-, clean out. rd, rs, rs-, gnaw.
fg, fx, fx-, fix. scalp, scalps, scalpt-, scrape.
fing [FIG], fnx, fict-, fashion. scrb, scrps, scrpt-, write.
flect, flex, flex-, bend. sculp, sculps, sculpt-, carve.
-flg, -flx, -flct-, ----, smite. serp, serps, ----, crawl.
flu, flx, flux-, flow. sparg, spars, spars-, scatter.
frend, ----, frs- (fress-), gnash. -spici, -spex, -spect-, view.
frg, frx, frct-, fry. -stingu, -stnx, -stnct-, quench.
ger, gess, gest-, carry. string, strnx, strict-, bind.
iung, inx, inct-, join. stru, strx, strct-, build.
laed, laes, laes-, hurt. sg, sx, sct-, suck.
-lici, -lex, -lect-, entice (licu, -licit-). sm, smps, smpt-, take.
ldo, ls, ls-, play. surg, surrx, surrct-, rise.
merg, mers, mers-, plunge. teg, tx, tct-, shelter.
mitt, ms, miss-, send. temn, -temps, -tempt-, despise.
nect [NEC], nex (nexu), nex-, weave. terg, ters, ters-, wipe.
nb, npsi, npt-, marry. ting, tnx, tnct-, stain.
pect, pex, pex-, comb. trah, trx, trct-, drag.
perg, perrx, perrct-, go on. trd, trs, trs-, thrust.
ping [PIG], pnx, pict-, paint. ungu (ung), nx, nct-, anoint.
plang [PLAG], plnx, plnct-, beat. r, uss, ust-, burn.
plaud, plaus, plaus-, applaud. vd, -vs, -vs-, go.
plect, plex, plex-, braid. veh, vx, vect-, draw.
prem, press, press-, press. vv, vx, vct-, live.
prm, -mps, -mpt-, bring out.


Reduplicated in the perfect ( 177. c):


cad, cecd, cs-, fall. pari, peper, part- (paritrus), bring forth.
caed, cecd, caes-, cut.
can, cecin, ----, sing. pell, pepul, puls-, drive.
curr, cucurr, curs-, run. pend, pepend, pns-, weigh.
disc [DIC], didic, ----, learn. posc, poposc, ----, demand.
-d [DHA], -did, -dit- (as in ab-d, etc., with crd, vnd), put. pung [PUG], pupug (-pnx), pnct-, prick.
fall, fefell, fals-, deceive. sist [STA], stit, stat-, stop.
pang [PAG], pepig (-pg), pct-, fasten, fix, bargain. tang [TAG], tetig, tct-, touch.
tend[TEN], tetend (-tend), tent-, stretch.
parc, peperc (pars), (parsrus), spare. tund [TUD], tutud, tns- (-ts-), beat.


Adding u (v) to the verb-root ( 177. a):


al, alu, alt- (alit-), nourish. compsc, compscu, ----, restrain.
cern, crv, -crt-, decree. cnsul, -lu, cnsult-, consult.
col, colu, cult-, dwell, till. crsc, crv, crt-, increase.

[p. 124]


-cumb [CUB], -cubu, -cubit-, lie down. rapi, rapu, rapt-, seize.
deps, depsu, depst-, knead. scsc, scv, sct-, decree.
frem, fremu, ----, roar. ser, sv, sat-, sow.
gem, gemu, ----, groan. ser, seru, sert-, entwine.
gign [GEN], genu, genit-, begct. sin, sv, sit-, permit.
met, messu, -mess-, reap. spern, sprv, sprt-, scorn.
mol, molu, molit-, grind. stern, strv, strt-, strew.
occul, occulu, occult-, hide. stert, -stertu, ----, snore.
(ad)olsc, -v, -ult-, grow up. strep, strepu, ----, sound.
psc, pv, pst-, feed. susc, suv, sut-, be wont.
percell, -cul, -culs-, upset. tex, texu, text-, weave.
pn [POS], posu, posit-, put. trem, tremu, ----, tremble.
quisc, quiv, quit-, rest. vom, vomu, ----, vomit.


Adding iv to the verb-root ( 177. f):


arcess, 142 -v, arcesst-, summon. pet, petv, pett-, seek.
capess, capessv, ----, undertake. quaer, quaesv, quaest-, seek.
cupi, cupv, cupt-, desire. rud, rudv, ----, bray.
incess, incessv, ----, attack. sapi, sapv, ----, be wise.
lacess, lacessv, lacesst-, provoke. ter, trv, trt-, rub.


Lengthening the vowel of the root (cf. 177. d):


ag, g, ct-, drive. lav, lv, lt- (laut-), wash (also regular of first conjugation).
capi, cp, capt-, take.
ed, d, sum, eat (see 201). leg, 143 lg, lct-, gather.
em, m, mpt-, buy. lin [LI], lv (lv), lit-, smear.
faci, fc, fact-, make (see 204). linqu [LIC], -lqu, -lict-, leave.
fodi, fd, foss-, dig. nsc [GNO], nv, nt- ((c-gnit-, -gnit-, ad-gnit-), know.
frang [FRAG], frg, frct-, break.
fugi, fg, (fugitrus), flee. rump [RUP], rp, rupt-, burst.
fund [FUD], fd, fs-, pour. scab, scb, ----, scratch.
faci, ic, iact-, throw (-ici, -iect-). vinc [VIC],vc, vict-, conquer.


Retaining the present stem or verb-root (cf. 177. e):


acu, -u, -t-, sharpen. imbu, -u, -t-, give a taste of.
argu, -u, -t-, accuse. lu, lu, -lt-, wash.
bib, bib, (ptus), drink. mand, mand, mns-, chew.
-cend, -cend, -cns-, kindle. metu, -u, -t, fear.
(con)gru, -u, ----, agree. minu, -u, -t-, lessen.
cd, -cd, -cs-, forge. -nu, -nu, ----, nod.
facess, -i (facess), facesst-, execute pand, pand, pns- (pass-), open.
-fend, -fend, -fns-, ward off. pns, -s, pns- (pnst-, pst-), bruise.
find [FID], fid, 144 fiss-, split. prehend, -hend, -hns-, seize.
c, c, ict-, hit. ru, ru, rut- (ruitrus), fall.

[p. 125]


scand, -scend, -scnsus, climb. su, su, st-, sew.
scind [SCID], scid, 145 sciss-, tear. (ex)u, -u, -t-, put off.
sd, sd (-sd), -sess-, settle. tribu, -u, -t-, assign.
solv, solv, solt-, loose, pay. vell, vell (-vuls), vuls-, pluck.
spu, -u, ----, spit. verr, -verr, vers-, sweep.
statu, -u, -t-, establish. vert, vert, vers-, turn.
sternuo, -u, ----, sneeze. vs [VID], vs, vs-, visit.
strd, strd, ----, whiz. volv, volv, volt-, turn.

NOTE.Several have no perfect or supine: as, claud, limp; fatsc, gape; hsc, yawn; toll (sustul, subltum, supplied from suffer), raise; verg, incline.



Fourth Conjugation

There arebesides a few deponents and some regular derivatives in -ri, as, suri, be hungry (cf. 263. 4)about 60 verbs of this conjugation, a large proportion of them being descriptive verbs: like
crci, croak; mgi, bellow; tinni, tinkle.


Most verbs of the Fourth Conjugation are conjugated regularly, like audi, though a number lack the supine.


The following verbs show special peculiarities:


amici, amix (-cu), amict-, clothe. saepi, saeps, saept-, hedge in.
aperi, aperu, apert-, open. sali (-sili), salu (sali), [salt- (-sult-)], leap.
comperi, -per, compert-, find.
farci, fars, fartum, stuff. sanci [SAC], snx, snct-, sanction.
feri, ----, ----, strike. sarci, sars, sart-, patch.
fulci, fuls, fult-, prop. senti, sns, sns-, feel.
nauri, haus, haust- (hausrus), drain. sepeli, sepelv, sepult-, bury.
operi, operu, opert-, cover. veni, vn, vent-, come.
reperi, repper, repert-, find. vinci, vnx, vnct-, bind.

For Index of Verbs, see pp. 436 ff. [p. 126]




PARTICLES

[213]

Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections are called Particles.

In their origin Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions are either (1) case-forms, actual or extinct, or (2) compounds and phrases.

Particles cannot always be distinctly classified, for many adverbs are used also as prepositions and many as conjunctions ( 219 and 222).


ADVERBS

DERIVATION OF ADVERBS

Adverbs are regularly formed from Adjectives as follows:


From adjectives of the first and second declensions by changing the characteristic vowel of the stem to -: as, cr, dearly, from crus, dear (stem cro-); amc, like a friend, from amcus, friendly (stem amco-).

NOTE.The ending - is a relic of an old ablative in -d (cf. 43. N. 1).


From adjectives of the third declension by adding -ter to the stem. Stems in nt- (nom. -ns) lose the t-. All others are treated as i-stems:
fortiter, bravely, from fortis (stem forti-), brave.
criter, eagerly, from cer (stem cri-), eager.
vigilanter, watchfully, from vigilns (stem vigilant-).
prdenter, prudently, from prdns (stem prdent-).
aliter, otherwise, from alius (old stem ali-).

NOTE.This suffix is perhaps the same as -ter in the Greek -τερος and in uter, alter. If so, these adverbs are in origin either neuter accusatives (cf.d) or masculine nominatives.


Some adjectives of the first and second declensions have adverbs of both forms (- and -ter). Thus drus, hard, has both dr and driter; miser, wretched, has both miser and miseriter.


The neuter accusative of adjectives and pronouns is often used as an adverb: as, multum, much; facil, easily; quid, why.

This is the origin of the ending -ius in the comparative degree of adverbs ( 218): as, crius, more keenly (positive criter); facilius, more easily (positive facil).

NOTE.These adverbs are strictly cognate accusatives ( 390).


The ablative singular neuter or (less commonly) feminine of adjectives, pronouns, and nouns may be used adverbially: as, fals, falsely; cit, [p. 127]

quickly (with shortened o); rct (vi), straight (straightway); crbr, frequently; volg, commonly; fort, by chance; spont, of one's own accord.

NOTE.Some adverbs are derived from adjectives not in use: as, abund, plentifully (as if from abundus; cf. abund, abound); saep, often (as if from saepis, dense, close-packed; cf. saeps, hedge, and saepi, hedge in).


Further examples of Adverbs and other Particles which are in origin case-forms of nouns or pronouns are given below. In some the case is not obvious, and in some it is doubtful.

1. Neuter Accusative forms: nn (for n-oinom, later num), not; iterum (comparative of i-, stem of is), a second time; dmum (superlative of d, down), at last.

2. Feminine Accusatives: partim, partly. So statim, on the spot; saltim, at least (generally saltem), from lost nouns in -tis (genitive -tis). Thus -tim became a regular adverbial termination; and by means of it adverbs were made from many noun- and verb-stems immediately, without the intervention of any form which could have an accusative in -tim: as, spartim, separately, from spartus, separate. Some adverbs that appear to be feminine accusative are possibly instrumental: as, palam, openly; perperam, wrongly; tam, so; quam, as.

3. Plural Accusatives: as, alis, elsewhere; fors, out of doors (as end of motion). So perhaps quia, because.

4. Ablative or Instrumental forms: qu, where; intr, within; extr, outside; qu, how; aliqu, somehow; fors, out of doors; qu, whither; ade, to that degree; ultr, beyond; citr, this side (as end of motion); retr, back; illc (for ill-ce), weakened to illc, thither. Those in -tr are from comparative stems (cf. ls, cis, re-).

5. Locative forms: ibi, there; ubi, where; ill, ill-c, there; peregr (peregr), abroad; hc (for h-ce), here. Also the compounds hodi (probably for hdi), to-day; perendi, day after to-morrow.

6. Of uncertain formation: (1) those in -tus (usually preceded by i), with an ablative meaning: as, funditus, from the bottom, utterly; dvnitus, from above, providentially; intus, within; penitus, within; (2) those in -dem, -dam, -d: as, quidem, indeed; quondam, once; quand (cf. dnec), when; (3) dum (probably accusative of time), while; iam, now.


A phrase or short sentence has sometimes grown together into an adverb (cf. notwithstanding, nevertheless, besides):
postmodo, presently (a short time after).
dnu (for d nov), anew.
vidlicet (for vid licet), to wit (see, you may).
nihilminus, nevertheless (by nothing the less).

NOTE.Other examples are:ante, old antide, before (ante e, probably ablative or instrumental); lic (in loc), on the spot, immediately; prrsus, absolutely (pr vorsus, straight ahead); rrsus (re-vorsus), again; quotanns, yearly (quot anns, as many years as there are); quam-ob-rem, wherefore; cminus, hand to hand (con manus); minus, at long range (ex manus); nmrum, without doubt (n mrum); ob-viam (as in re obviam, to go to meet); prdem (cf. prae and -dem in i-dem), for some time; forsan (fors an), perhaps (it's a chance whether); forsitan (fors sit an), perhaps (it would be a chance whether); sclicet (sc, licet), that is to say (know, you may; cf. -licet, you may go); cttum (ct, on the act, and tum, then). [p. 128]



CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERBS

The classes of Adverbs, with examples, are as follows:


a. Adverbs of Place 146


hc, here. hc, hither. hinc, hence. hc, by this way.
ibi, there. e, thither. inde, thence. e, by that way.
istc, there. istc, thither. istinc, thence. ist, by that way.
illc, there. illc, thither. illinc, thence. ill (illc), by that way.
ubi, where. qu, whither. unde, whence. qu, by what way.
alicubi, somewhere. aliqu, somewhither, alicunde, from some- aliqu, by some way.
(to) somewhere. where.
ibdem, in the same edem, to the same indidem, from the edem, by the same
place. place. same place. way.
alib, elsewhere, in ali, elsewhere, to aliunde, from an- ali, in another
another place. another place. other place. way.
abiubi, wherever. ququ, whitherso- undecunque, whence- ququ, in whatever
ever. soever. way.
ubivs, anywhere, quvs, anywhere, undique, from every quvs, by whatever
where you will. whither you will. quarter. way.
scubi, if anywhere. squ, if anywhere scunde, if from any- squ, if anywhere.
(anywhither). where.
<*>cubi, lest any- nqu, lest any- ncunde, lest from nqu, lest any-
where. whither. anywhere. where.

NOTE.The demonstrative adverbs hc, ibi, istc, illc, and their correlatives, correspond in signification with the pronouns hc, is, iste, ille (see 146), and are often equivalent to these pronouns with a preposition: as, inde = ab e, etc. So the relative or mterrogative ubi corresponds with qu (quis), ali-cubi with aliquis, ubiubi with quisquis, s-cubi with squis (see 147-151, with the table of correlatives in 152).

sque, all the way to; usquam, anywhere; nusquam, nowhere; citr, to this side; intr, inwardly; ultr, beyond (or freely, i.e. beyond what is required); porr, further on.

qursum (for qu vorsum, whither turned?), to what end? hrsum, this way; prrsum, forward (prrsus, utterly); intrrsum, inwardly; retrrsum, backward; srsum, upward; deorsum, downward; seorsum, apart; alirsum, another way.


b. Adverbs of Time

quand, when? (interrogative); cum (quom), when (relative); ut, when, as; nunc, now; tunc (tum), then; mox, presently; iam, already; dum, while; iam di, iam ddum, iam prdem, long ago, long since. [p. 129]

prmum (prm), first; deinde (poste), next after; postrmum (postrm), finally; postequam, postquam, when (after that, as soon as).

umquam (unquam), ever; numquam (nunquam), never; semper, always.

aliquand, at some time, at length; quandque (quandcumque), whenever; dnique, at last.

quotins (quotis), how often; totins, so often; aliquotins, a number of times.

cotdi, every day; hodi, to-day; her, yesterday; crs, to-morrow; prdi, the day before; postrdi, the day after; in dis, from day to day.

nndum, not yet; necdum, nor yet; vixdum, scarce yet; quam prmum, as soon as possible; saepe, often; crbr, frequently; iam nn, no longer.


c. Adverbs of Manner, Degree, or Cause

quam, how, as; tam, so; quamvs, however much, although; paene, almost; magis, more; vald, greatly; vix, hardly.

cr, qur, why; ide, idcirc, proptere, on this account, because; e, therefore; erg, itaque, igitur, therefore.

ita, sc, so; ut (ut), as, how; utut, utcumque, however.




d. Interrogative Particles

an, -ne, anne, utrum, utrumne, num, whether.

nnne, annn, whether not; numquid, ecquid, whether at all.

On the use of the Interrogative Particles, see 332, 335.


e. Negative Particles

nn, not (in simple denial); haud, minim, not (in contradiction); n, not (in prohibition); nve, neu, nor; ndum, much less.

n, lest; neque, nec, nor; n ... quidem, not even.

nn modo ... vrum (sed) etiam, not only ... but also.

nn modo ... sed n ... quidem, not only NOT ... but not even.

s minus, if not; qu minus (quminus), so as not.

qun (relative), but that; (interrogative), why not?

n, nec (in composition), not; so in nesci, I know not; neg, I say no (i, I say yes); negtium, business (nec-tium); nm (n- and hem, old form of hom), no one; n quis, lest any one; neque enim, for ... not.

For the use of Negative Particles, see 325 ff.

For the Syntax and Peculiar uses of Adverbs, see 320 ff.


COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

The Comparative of Adverbs is the neuter accusative of the comparative of the corresponding adjective; the Superlative is the Adverb in - formed regularly from the superlative of the Adjective: [p. 130]

cr, dearly (from crus, dear); crius, crissim.

miser (miseriter), wretchedly (from miser, wretched); miserius, miserrim.

leviter (from levis, light); levius, levissim.

audcter (audciter) (from audx, bold); audcius, audcissim.

ben, well (from bonus, good); melius, optim.

mal, ill (from malus, bad); pius, pessim.


The following are irregular or defective:

di, long (in time); ditius, ditissim.

potius, rather; potissimum, first of all, in preference to all.

saepe, often; saepius, oftener, again; saepissim.

satis, enough; satius, preferable.

secus, otherwise; stius, worse.

multum (mult), magis, maxim, much, more, most.

parum, not enough; minus, less; minim, least.

nper, newly; nperrim.

temper, seasonably; temperius.

NOTE.In poetry the comparative mage is sometimes used instead of magis.



PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions were not originally distinguished from Adverbs in form or meaning, but have become specialized in use. They developed comparatively late in the history of language. In the early stages of language development the cases alone were sufficient to indicate the sense, but, as the force of the case-endings weakened, adverbs were used for greater precision (cf. 338). These adverbs, from their habitual association with particular cases, became Prepositions; but many retained also their independent function as adverbs.

Most prepositions are true case-forms: as, the comparative ablatives extr, nfr, supr (for exter, nfer, super), and the accusatives circum, cram, cum (cf. 215). Circiter is an adverbial formation from circum (cf. 214. b. N.); praeter is the comparative of prae, propter of prope. 147 Of the remainder, versus is a petrified nominative (participle of vert); adversus is a compound of versus; trns is probably an old present participle (cf. in-tr-re); while the origin of the brief forms ab, ad, d, ex, ob, is obscure and doubtful.


Prepositions are regularly used either with the Accusative or with the Ablative.


The following prepositions are used with the Accusative:


ad, to. circiter, about. intr, inside.
adversus, against. cis, citr, this side. ixt, near.
adversum, towards. contr, against. ob, on account of.
ante, before. erg, towards. penes, in the power of.
apud, at, near. extr, outside. per, through.
circ, around. nfr, below. pne, behind.
circum, around. inter, among. post, after.

[p. 131]


praeter, beyond. secundum, next to. ultr, on the further side.
prope, near. supr, above. versus, towards.
propter, on account of. trns, across.


The following prepositions are used with the Ablative: 148


, b, abs, away from, by. , ex, out of.
absque, without, but for. prae, in comparison with.
cram, in presence of. pr, in front of, for.
cum, with. sine, without.
d, from. tenus, up to, as far as.


The following may be used with either the Accusative or the Ablative, but with a difference in meaning:


in, into, in. sub, under.
subter, beneath. super, above.

In and sub, when followed by the accusative, indicate motion to, when by the ablative, rest in, a place:
vnit in aeds, he came into the house; erat in aedibus, he was in the house.
disciplna in Britanni reperta atque inde in Galliam trnslta esse exstimtur, the system is thought to have been discovered in Great Britain and thence brought over to Gaul.
sub lice cnsederat, he had seated himself under an ilex.
sub lgs mittere orbem, to subject the world to laws (to send the world under laws).


The uses of the Prepositions are as follows:

1. , ab, away from, 149 from, off from, with the ablative.

a. Of place: as,ab urbe profectus est, he set out from the city.

b. Of time: (1) from: as,ab hr terti ad vesperam, from the third hour till evening; (2) just after: as,ab e magistrt, after [holding] that office.

c. Idiomatic uses: reliqus differunt, they differ from the others; parvuls, from early childhood; prope ab urbe, near (not far from) the city; lberre ab, to set free from; occsus ab hoste (periit ab hoste), slain by an enemy; ab hc parte, on this side; ab r ius, to his advantage; r pblic, for the interest of the state.

2. Ad, to, towards, at, near, with the accusative (cf. in, into).

a. Of place: as,ad urbem vnit, he came to the city; ad merdiem, towards the south; ad exercitum, to the army; ad hostem, toward the enemy; ad urbem, near the city.

b. Of time: as,ad nnam hram, till the ninth hour.

c. With persons: as,ad eum vnit, he came to him. [p. 132]

d. Idiomatic uses: ad supplicia dscendunt, they resort to punishment; ad haec respondit, to this he answered; ad tempus, at the [fit] time; adre ad rem pblicam, to go into public life; ad petendam pcem, to seek peace; ad latera, on the flank; ad arma, to arms; ad hunc modum, in this way; quem ad modum, how, as; ad centum, nearly a hundred; ad hc, besides; omns ad num, all to a man; ad diem, on the day.

3. Ante, in front of, before, with the accusative (cf. post, after).

a. Of place: as,ante portam, in front of the gate; ante exercitum, in advance of the army.

b. Of time: as,ante bellum, before the war.

c. Idiomatic uses: ante urbem captam, before the city was taken; ante diem quntum (a.d.v.) Kal., the fifth day before the Calends; ante quadriennium, four years before or ago; ante tempus, too soon (before the time).

4. Apud, at, by, among, with the accusative.

a. Of place (rare and archaic): as,apud forum, at the forum (in the marketplace).

b. With reference to persons or communities: as,apud Helvtis, among the Helvetians; apud populum, before the people; apud aliquem, at one's house; apud s, at home or in his senses; apud Cicernem, in [the works of] Cicero.

5. Circ, about, around, with the accusative (cf. circum, circiter).

a. Of place: templa circ forum, the temples about the forum; circ s habet, he has with him (of persons).

b. Of time or number (in poetry and later writers): circ eandem hram, about the same hour; circ ds Octbrs, about the fifteenth of October; circ decem mlia, about ten thousand.

c. Figuratively (in later writers), about, in regard to (cf. d): circ quem pgna est, with regard to whom, etc.; circ des neglegentior, rather neglectful of (i.e. in worshipping) the gods.

6. Circiter, about, with the accusative.

a. Of time or number: circiter ds Novembrs, about the thirteenth of November; circiter merdiem, about noon.

7. Circum, about, around, with the accusative.

a. Of place: circum haec loca, hereabout; circum Capuam, round Capua; circum illum, with him; lgti circum nsuls missa, an embassy sent to the islands round about; circum amcs, to his friends round about.

8. Contr, opposite, against, with the accusative.

contr taliam, over against Italy; contr haec, in answer to this.

a. Often as adverb: as,haec contr, this in reply; contr autem, but on the other hand; quod contr, whereas, on the other hand.

9. Cum, with, together with, with the ablative. [p. 133]

a. Of place: as,vde mcum, go with me; cum omnibus impedments, with all [their] baggage.

b. Of time: as,prm cum lce, at early dawn (with first light).

c. Idiomatic uses: mgn cum dolre, with great sorrow; commnicre aliquid cum aliqu, share something with some one; cum mal su, to his own hurt; cnflgere cum hoste, to fight with the enemy; esse cum tl, to go armed; cum silenti, in silence.

10. D, down from, from, with the ablative (cf. ab, away from; ex, out of).

a. Of place: as,d cael dmissus, sent down from heaven; d nvibus dsilre, to jump down from the ships.

b. Figuratively, concerning, about, of: 150 as,cgnscit d Cld caede, he learns of the murder of Clodius; cnsilia d bell, plans of war.

c. In a partitive sense (compare ex), out of, of: as,nus d plbe, one of the people.

d. Idiomatic uses: mults d causs, for many reasons; qu d caus, for which reason; d imprvs, of a sudden; d industri, on purpose; d integr, anew; d terti vigili, just at midnight (starting at the third watch); d mnse Decembr nvigre, to sail as early as December.

11. Ex, , from (the midst, opposed to in), out of, with the ablative (cf. ab and d).

a. Of place: as,ex omnibus partibus silvae volvrunt, they flew out from all parts of the forest; ex Hispni, [a man] from Spain.

b. Of time: as,ex e di quntus, the fifth day from that (four days after); ex hc di, from this day forth.

c. Idiomatically or less exactly: ex cnsult, right after his consulship: ex ius sententi, according to his opinion; ex aequ, justly; ex imprvs, unexpectedly; ex tu r, to your advantage; mgn ex parte, in a great degree; ex equ pgnre, to fight on horseback; ex s, expedient; regine, opposite; quaerere ex aliqu, to ask of some one; ex sents cnsult, according to the decree of the senate; ex fug, in [their] flight (proceeding immediately from it); nus flis, one of the sons.

12. In, with the accusative or the ablative.

1. With the accusative, into (opposed to ex).

a. Of place: as,in taliam contendit, he hastens into Italy.

b. Of time, till, until: as,in lcem, till daylight.

c. Idiomatically or less exactly: in merdiem, towards the south; amor in (erg, adversus) patrem, love for his father; in ram cnfgit, he fled to the altar (on the steps, or merely to); in dis, from day to day; in longitdinem, lengthwise; in ltitdinem patbat, extended in width; in haec verba irre, to swear to these words; hunc in modum, in this way; rti in Catilnam, a speech against [p. 134]

Catiline; in perpetuum, forever; in pius, for the worse; in diem vvere, to live from hand to mouth (for the day).

2. With the ablative, in, on, among.

In very various connections: as,in castrs, in the camp (cf. ad castra, to, at, or near the camp); in mar, on the sea; in urbe esse, to be in town; in tempore, in season; in scrbend, while writing; est mihi in anim, I have it in mind, I intend; in ancors, at anchor; in hc homine, in the case of this man; in dubi esse, to be in doubt.

13. nfr, below, with the accusative.

a. Of place: as,ad mare nfr oppidum, by the sea below the town; nfr caelum, under the sky.

b. Figuratively or less exactly: as,nfr Homrum, later than Homer; nfr trs peds, less than three feet; nfr elephants, smaller than elephants; nfr nfims omns, the lowest of the low.

14. Inter, between, among, with the accusative.
inter m et Scpinem, between myself and Scipio; inter s et offam, between the cup and the lip (the mouth and the morsel); inter hostium tla, amid the weapons of the enemy; inter omns prmus, first of all; inter bibendum, while drinking; inter s loquuntur, they talk together.

15. Ob, towards, on account of, with the accusative.

a. Literally: (1) of motion (archaic): as,ob Rmam, towards Rome (Ennius); ob viam, to the road (preserved as adverb, in the way of). (2) Of place in which, before, in a few phrases: as,ob oculs, before the eyes.

b. Figuratively, in return for (mostly archaic, probably a word of account, balancing one thing against another): as,ob mulierem, in pay for the woman; ob rem, for gain. Hence applied to reason, cause, and the like, on account of (a similar mercantile idea), for: as,ob eam causam, for that reason; quam ob rem (quamobrem), wherefore, why.

16. Per, through, over, with the accusative.

a. Of motion: as,per urbem re, to go through the city; per mrs, over the walls.

b. Of time: as,per hiemem, throughout the winter.

c. Figuratively, of persons as means or instruments: as,per homins idones, through the instrumentality of suitable persons; licet per m, you (etc.) may for all me. Hence, stat per m, it is through my instrumentality; so, per s, in and of itself.

d. Weakened, in many adverbial expressions: as,per iocum, in jest; per speciem, in show, ostentatiously.

17. Prae, in front of, with the ablative.

a. Literally, of place (in a few connections): as,prae s portre, to carry in one's arms; prae s ferre, to carry before one, (hence figuratively) exhibit, proclaim ostentatiously, make known. [p. 135]

b. Figuratively, of hindrance, as by an obstacle in front (compare English for): as,prae gaudi conticuit, he was silent for joy.

c. Of comparison: as,prae mgnitdine corporum surum, in comparison with their own great size.

18. Praeter, along by, by, with the accusative.

a. Literally: as,praeter castra, by the camp (along by, in front of); praeter oculs, before the eyes.

b. Figuratively, beyond, besides, more than, in addition to, except: as,praeter spem, beyond hope; praeter alis, more than others; praeter paucs, with the exception of a few.

19. Pr, in front of, with the ablative.
sedns pr aede Castoris, sitting in front of the temple of Castor; pr popul, in presence of the people. So pr rstrs, on [the front of] the rostra; pr contine, before the assembly (in a speech).

a. In various idiomatic uses: pr lge, in defence of the law; pr vitul, instead of a heifer; pr centum mlibus, as good as a hundred thousand; pr rat parte, in due proportion; pr hc vice, for this once; pr cnsule, in place of consul; pr vribus, considering his strength; pr virl parte, to the best of one's ability; pr tu prdenti, in accordance with your wisdom.

20. Propter, near, by, with the accusative.
propter t sedet, he sits next you. Hence, on account of (cf. all along of): as,propter metum, through fear.

21. Secundum, 151 just behind, following, with the accusative.

a. Literally: as,te secundum m (Plaut.), go behind me; secundum ltus, near the shore; secundum flmen, along the stream (cf. secund flmine, down stream).

b. Figuratively, according to: as,secundum ntram, according to nature.

22. Sub, under, up to, with the accusative or the ablative.

1. Of motion, with the accusative: as,sub montem succdere, to come close to the hill.

a. Idiomatically: sub noctem, towards night; sub lcem, near daylight; sub haec dicta, at (following) these words.

2. Of rest, with the ablative: as,sub Iove, in the open air (under the heaven, personified as Jove); sub monte, at the foot of the hill.

a. Idiomatically: sub edem tempore, about the same time (just after it).

23. Subter, under, below, with the accusative (sometimes, in poetry, the ablative).
subter togam (Liv.), under his mantle; but,subter ltore (Catull.), below the shore.

24. Super, 152 with the accusative or the ablative. [p. 136]

1. With the accusative, above, over, on, beyond, upon.

a. Of place: super vllum praecipitr (Iug. 58), to be hurled over the rampart; super laters coria indcuntur (B.C. 2.10), hides are drawn over the bricks; super terrae tumulum statu (Legg. 2.65), to be placed on the mound of earth; super Numidiam (Iug. 19), beyond Numidia.

b. Idiomatically or less exactly: vulnus super vulnus, wound upon wound; super vnum (Q. C. 8.4), over his wine.

2. With the ablative, concerning, about (the only use with this case in prose).
hc super r, concerning this thing; super tl r, about such an affair; litters super tant r exspectre, to wait for a letter in a matter of such importance.

a. Poetically, in other senses: lgna super foc larg repnns (Hor. Od. 1.9.5), piling logs generously on the fire; nocte super medi (Aen. 9.61), after midnight.

25. Supr, on top of, above, with the accusative.
supr terram, on the surface of the earth. So also figuratively: as,supr hanc memoriam, before our remembrance; supr mrem, more than usual; supr quod, besides.

26. Tenus (postpositive), as far as, up to, regularly with the ablative, sometimes with the genitive (cf. 359. b).

1. With the ablative: Taur tenus, as far as Taurus; capul tenus, up to the hilt.

2. With the genitive: Cumrum tenus (Fam. 8.1.2), as far as Cumae.

NOTE 1.Tenus is frequently connected with the feminine of an adjective pronoun, making an adverbial phrase: as, hctenus, hitherto; qutenus, so far as; d hc r hctenus, so much for that (about this matter so far).

NOTE 2.Tenus was originally a neuter noun, meaning line or extent. In its use with the genitive (mostly poetical) it may be regarded as an adverbial accusative ( 397. a).

27. Trans, across, over, through, by, with the accusative.

a. Of motion: as,trns mare currunt, they run across the sea; trns flmen ferre, to carry over a river; trns aethera, through the sky; trns caput iace, throw over your head.

b. Of rest: as,trns Rhnum incolunt, they live across the Rhine.

28. Ultr beyond (on the further side), with the accusative.
cis Padum ultrque, on this side of the Po and beyond; ultr eum numerum, more than that number; ultr fidem, incredible; ultr modum, immoderate.

NOTE.Some adverbs appear as prepositions: as, intus, nsuper (see 219).

For Prepositions in Compounds, see 267. [p. 137]