[*] 206.
Many verbs are found only in the Present System. Such are
maereō
,
-ēre,
be
sorrowful (cf.
maestus,
sad);
feriō
,
-īre,
strike.
In many the simple verb is incomplete, but the missing parts occur in its
compounds: as,
vādō
,
vādere
,
in-vāsī,
in-vāsum.
Some verbs occur very commonly, but only in a few forms:—
[*] a.
Âiō,
I
say:—
INDIC. |
PRES. |
âiō, ais,1
ait; ----, ----, âiunt
|
|
IMPF. |
âiēbam,2
âiēbās, etc. |
SUBJV. |
PRES. |
----, âiās, âiat; ----, ----, âiant
|
IMPER. |
|
aī (rare) |
PART. |
|
âiēns
|
The vowels
a and
i are pronounced separately
(
a-is, a-it)
except sometimes in old or colloquial Latin. Before a vowel, one
i stands for two (see § 6.
c):—thus
âiō
was pronounced
ai-yō and was sometimes
written
aiiō.
[*] b.
Inquam,
I say, except in
poetry, is used only in direct quotations (cf. the English
quoth).
INDIC. |
PRES. |
inquam, inquis, inquit;
inquimus, inquitis
(late), inquiunt
|
|
IMPF. |
----, ----, inquiēbat; ----, ----, ---- |
|
FUT. |
----, inquiēs, inquiet; ----, ----, ---- |
|
PERF. |
inquiī, inquīstī, ----;
----, ----, ---- |
IMPER. |
PRES. |
inque
|
|
FUT. |
inquitō
|
The only common forms are
inquam
,
inquis
,
inquit
,
inquiunt
, and the future
īnquiēs
,
inquiet
.
[*] c.
The
deponent fārī,
to speak, has the following forms:—
INDIC. |
PRES. |
----, ----, fātur; ----, ----, fantur
|
|
FUT. |
fābor, ----, fābitur; ----, ----,
---- |
|
PERF. |
----, ----, fātus est; ----, ----, fātī sunt
|
|
PLUP. |
fātus eram, ----,
fātus erat; ----,
----, ---- |
IMPER. |
PRES. |
fāre |
INFIN. |
PRES. |
fārī
|
PART. |
PRES. |
fāns, fantis, etc. (in singular) |
|
PERF. |
fātus (having
spoken) |
|
GER. |
fandus (to be spoken
of) |
Several forms compounded with the prepositions
ex
,
prae
,
prō
,
inter
, occur: as,
praefātur
,
praefāmur
,
affārī
,
prōfātus
,
interfātur
, etc. The compound
īnfāns
is regularly used as a noun (
child).
īnfandus
,
nefandus
, are used as
adjectives,
unspeakable,
abominable.
[*] d.
Queō,
I can,
nequeō,
I
cannot, are conjugated like
eō
. They are rarely used except in the present.
Queō
is regularly accompanied by a negative. The forms given below
occur, those in full-faced type in classic prose. The Imperative,
Gerund, and Supine are wanting.
[*] e.
Quaesō,
I ask,
beg (original form of
quaerō
), has—
INDIC. |
PRES. |
quaesō,
quaesŭmus |
[*] Note.--Other forms of
quaesō
are found occasionally in early Latin. For the perfect
system (
quaesīvī
, etc.), see
quaerō
(§ 211. d).
[*] f.
Ovāre,
to triumph,
has the following:—
[*] g.
A few verbs are found chiefly in the Imperative:—
- PRES. singular salvē, plural
salvēte
, FUT. salvētō, hail!
(from salvus, safe and
sound). An infinitive
salvēre
and the indicative forms
salveō
,
salvētis
,
salvēbis
, are rare.
- PRES. singular
avē
(or
havē
), plural
avēte
, FUT. avētō, hail or
farewell. An infinitive
avēre
also occurs.
-
PRES. singular cĕdo,
plural cĕdite (
cette
), give, tell.
- PRES. singular apage,
begone (properly a Greek word).