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

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

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

crepō , crepuī (-crepāvī), -crepit-, resound. plicō , *-plicuī, *-plicit-, fold.
cubō , * cubuī , -cubit-, lie down. pōtō , pōtāvī , *pōt-, drink.
, dăre , dedī , dăt-, give (DA). secō , secuī , sect-, cut.
domō , domuī , domit-, subdue. sonō , sonuī , sonit-,1 sound.
fricō , fricuī , *frict-, rub. stō , stetī , -stat- (-stit-), stand.
iuvō ( ad-iuvō ), iūvī , iūt-,1 help. tonō , tonuī , *-tonit-, thunder.
micō , micuī , ----, glitter. vetō, vetuī , vetit-, forbid.
necō , * necuī , necāt- (-nect-), kill. 2

Note.--Compounds of these verbs have the following forms:—

  1. crepō : con-crepuī, dis-crepuī or -crepāvī; in-crepuī or -crepāvī.
  2. : circum-, inter-, pessum-, satis-, super-, vēnum-, -dedī, -dat-, of the first conjugation. Other compounds belong to the root DHA, put, and are of the third conjugation: as, condō, condĕre, condidī, conditum.
  3. micō : -micāvī, -micāt-; ē-micuī, -micāt-.
  4. plicō : re-, sub- (sup-), multi-plicō, -plicāvī, -plicāt-; ex-plicō (unfold), -, -it-; (explain), -āvī, -āt-; im-plicō, -āvī (-), -ātum (-itum).
  5. stō: cōn-stō, -stitī , (-stātūrus; ad, re-stō, -stitī, ----; ante- (anti-), inter-, superstō, -stetī, ----; circum-stō, -stetī (-stitī), ----; prae-stō, -stitī, -stit- (-stāt-); -stō, ex-stō, no perfect or supine (future participle ex-stātūrus).

Second Conjugation

1 Future Participle also in -ātūrus (either in the simple verb or in composition).

2 Necō has regularly necāvī , necātum , except in composition.

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