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199. volō , nōlō, mālō
  1. PRINCIPAL PARTS: volō , velle , voluī ,—, be willing, will, wish nōlō, nōlle , nōluī ,—, be unwilling, will not mālō , mālle , māluī ,—, be more willing, prefer

Note.-- Nōlō and mālō are compounds of volō . Nōlō is for ne-volō, and mālō for māvolō from mage-volō.

INDICATIVE
PRESENT volō nōlō mālō
vīs 1 nōn vīs māvīs
vult (volt) nōn vult māvult
volumus nōlumus mālumus
vultis (voltis nōn vultis māvultis
volunt nōlunt mālunt
IMPERFECT volēbam nōlēbam mālēbam
FUTURE volam, volēs, etc. nōlam, nōlēs, etc. mālam, mālēs, etc.
PERFECT voluī nōluī māluī
PLUPERFECT volueram nōlueram mālueram
FUT. PERF. voluerō nōluerō māluerō

SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT velim, -īs, -it, nōlim mālim
velīmus, -ītis, -int
IMPERFECT vellem,1 -ēs, -et, nōllem māllem
vellēmus, -ētis, -ent
PERFECT voluerim nōluerim māluerim
PLUPERFECT voluissem nōluissem māluissem 2

IMPERATIVE
PRESENT ---- nōlī, nōlīte ----
FUTURE ---- nōlītō, etc. ----

INFINITIVE
PRESENT velle1 nōlle mālle
PERFECT voluisse nōluisse māluisse

Note 2.--The forms sīs for vīs , sūltis for vultis , and the forms nĕvīs ( -vīs ), nĕvolt, māvolō, māvolunt, māvelim, māvellem, etc., occur in early writers.

PARTICIPLES
PRESENT volēns, -entis nōlēns, -entis ----

1 Vīs is from a different root.

2 Vellem is for †vel-sēm, and velle for †vel-se (cf. es-se ), the s being assimilated to the l preceding.

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