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Conjugating Deponents

Conjugating Deponents. PRESENT TENSE: Drop the – ri (or – i , for 3 rd conjugation) from the 2 nd principal part. Add passive endings (r, ris , tur , mur , mini, ntur ). Try: Conor , conari , conatus sum Mereor , mereri , meritus sum Patior , pati , passus sum

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Conjugating Deponents

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  1. Conjugating Deponents • PRESENT TENSE: Drop the –ri (or –i, for 3rd conjugation) from the 2nd principal part. Add passive endings (r, ris, tur, mur, mini, ntur). • Try: • Conor, conari, conatus sum • Mereor, mereri, meritus sum • Patior, pati, passus sum • Orior, oriri, ortus sum

  2. IMPERFECT TENSE: Drop –ri/-i from the 2nd principal part. Add –(e)ba- and then the passive endings. • Try: • Moror, morari, moratus sum • Videor, videri, visus sum • Nascor, nasci, natus sum • Potior, potiri, potitus sum

  3. FUTURE TENSE: Drop –ri/-i from the 2nd principal part. Add –bo/bi/bu- for a 1st/2nd conjugation verb, or –a/e- for a 3rd/4th conjugation. Then add passive endings. • Try: • Hortor, hortari, hortatus sum • Vereor, vereri, veritus sum • Morior, mori, mortuus sum • Opperior, opperiri, oppertus sum

  4. PERFECT TENSE: Use the 3rd principal part. Change “sum” to the helping verb that fits the subject. • Try: • Arbitror, arbitrari, arbitratus sum • Polliceor, polliceri, pollicitus sum • Utor, uti, usus sum • Orior, oriri, ortus sum

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