2. Perfect in -i with Reduplication.
ab-do abdere abdidi
abditus conceal
red-do red-dere reddidi redditus
return
So addo, condo, dedo, perdo,
prodo,
trado, etc.
con-sisto consistere constiti ——
take one’s stand
resisto resistere restiti ——
resist
circumsisto circumsistere circumsteti ——
surround
cado cadere cecidi casurus
fall
caedo caedere cecidi caesus
kill
pendo pendere pependi pensus
weigh, pay
tendo tendere tetendi tentus
stretch
tundo tundere tutudi tusus, tunsus
beat
fallo fallere fefelli (falsus, as
deceive
Adj.)
pello pellere pepuli pulsus
drive out
curro currere cucurri cursum (est)
run
parco parcere peperci parsurus
spare
cano canere cecini ——
sing
tango tangere tetigi tactus
touch
pungo pungere pupugi punctus
prick
NOTE.—In the following verbs the perfects were originally reduplicated, but have lost the reduplicating syllable:— per-cello percellere perculi perculsus strike down findo findere fidi fissus split scindo scindere scidi scissus tear apart tollo tollere sus-tuli sublatus remove
3. Perfect in -i with Lengthening of Stem Vowel.
ago agere egi actus drive, do perago peragere peregi peractus finish subigo subigere subegi subactus subdue cogo cogere coegi coactus force, gather frango frangere fregi fractus break perfringo perfringere perfregi perfractus break down lego legere legi lectus gather, read perlego perlegere perlegi perlectus read through colligo colligere collegi collectus collect deligo deligere delegi delectus choose diligo diligere dilexi dilectus love intellego intellegere intellexi intellectus understand neglego neglegere neglexi neglectus neglect emo emere emi emptus buy coemo coemere coemi coemptus buy up redimo redimere redemi redemptus buy back dirimo dirimere diremi diremptus destroy