CHAP. XLII.

THE FOUR CONJUGATIONS.

[§ 157.] IN the following table the terminations are separated from the root of the verb, which renders it easy to conjugate any other verb according to these models. The verb lego (see Chap. XL.) is irregular in the formation of its perfect, but it has been retained as an example of verbs of the third conjugation, because the very absence of any peculiar termination in the perfect is a safeguard against misunderstandings which might arise; for example, from duco, duxi; scribo, scripsi; or claudo, clausi.

Pres. and Imperf. (or of an action still going on) am-āre, to love.
Perf. and Pluperf. (or of an action completed) am-avisse, to have loved.
Future, am-aturum esse, to be about to love.

Gerund.

Gen. am-andi; Dat. am-ando; Acc. am-undum; Abl. am-ando.

SUPINE.

am-atum; am-atu.

PARTICIPLES.

Pres. and Imperf. (of an action still going on) am-ans, loving.
Future, am-aturus, about to love.

Gerund.

Gen. mon-endi; Dat. mon-endo; Acc. mon-endum; Abl. mon-endo.

Gen. leg-endi; Dat. leg-endo; Acc. leg-endum; Abl. leg-endo.

Supine.

lec-tum; lec-tu.

PARTICIPLES.

Pres. and Imperf. leg-ens, reading.
Future, lec-turus, about to read.