New Latin Grammar eBook

Charles Edwin Bennett
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 322 pages of information about New Latin Grammar.

New Latin Grammar eBook

Charles Edwin Bennett
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 322 pages of information about New Latin Grammar.
IMPERATIVE.
Pres.  mirare,      verere,      sequere,     largire,      patere,
etc.         etc.         etc.         etc.          etc.
Fut.   mirator,     veretor,     sequitor,    largitor,     patitor,
etc.         etc.         etc.         etc.          etc.
INFINITIVE.
Pres.  mirari       vereri       sequi        largiri       pati
Perf.  miratus      veritus      secutus      largitus      passus
esse         esse         esse         esse          esse
Fut.   miraturus    veriturus    secuturus    largiturus    passurus
esse         esse         esse         esse          esse
PARTICIPLES.
Pres.  mirans       verens       sequens      largiens      patiens
Fut.   miraturus    veriturus    secuturus    largiturus    passurus
Perf.  miratus      veritus      secutus      largitus      passus
Ger.   mirandus     verendus     sequendus    largiendus    patiendus
GERUND.
mirandi      verendi      sequendi     largiendi     patiendi
mirando,     verendo,     sequendo,    largiendo,    patiendo,
etc.         etc.         etc.         etc.          etc.
SUPINE.
miratum,     veritum,     secutum,     largitum,     passum,
-tu          -tu          -tu          -tu           -su

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SEMI-DEPONENTS.

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

audeo, audere, ausus sum, to dare. gaudeo, gaudere, gavisus sum, to rejoice. soleo, solere, solitus sum, to be wont. fido, fidere, fisus sum, to trust.

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

adolesco, grow up; adultus, having grown up, cenare, dine; cenatus, having dined. placere, please; placitus, having pleased, agreeable. prandere, lunch; pransus, having lunched. potare, drink; potus, having drunk. jurare, swear; juratus, having sworn.

  a.  Juratus is used in a passive sense also.

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

  revertor, reverti (Inf.), reverti (Perf.), to return.
  devertor, deverti (Inf.), deverti (Perf.), to turn aside.

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PERIPHRASTIC CONJUGATION.

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

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