Deponent Verbs (Pages 307 - 308)

1. A deponent verb is passive in form and active in meaning. Such a verb is called deponent (from deponere, lay aside) because it has laid aside or lost its active forms and passive meanings.

2. Deponent verbs are found in all the four regular conjugations. They are conjugated throughout the indicative and the subjunctive like regular verbs of the four conjugations in the passive. The principal parts of model deponent verbs given here should be carefully memorized.

Conj. Present Present Perfect Perfect MeaningPassive Passive Active PassiveIndicative Infinitive Indicative Participle

First conor conari ---------- conatus sum try, attemptSecond vereor vereri ---------- veritus sum fearThird sequor sequi ---------- secutus sum followThird-io patior pati ---------- passus sum suffer, allowFourth largior largiri ---------- largitus sum bestow

Participles of Deponent Verbs

Deponent verbs have all the participles of regular verbs. There is one difference in translation. The perfect participle of the deponent verb is the exact equivalent of the English active participle:

conans conantis = trying, while tryingconatus = having tried. (It must not be translated having been tried.)conaturus = about to try

Infinitives of Deponent Verbs

Deponent verbs have three infinitives, all active in meaning. The present and the perfect are passive in form, active in meaning:

conari = to try; conatus esse = to have tried. conaturus esse = to be about to try.

Irregular Verbs

1. sum esse fui futurus - be

absum abesse afui afuturus - be absentadsum adesse adfui adfuturus - be presentpossum posse potui ---- be abledesum deesse defui defuturus – be lacking, failpraesum praeesse praefui praefuturus - be in command of

2. eo ire ii (ivi) itus (iturus) - go (Page 303)

exeo exire exii (exivi) exitus (exiturus) - go outineo inire inii (inivi) initus (initurus) - go inredeo redire redii (redivi) reditus (rediturus) - go backtranseo transire transii (transivi) transitus (transiturus) - go across

3. volo velle volui ------- - wish, be willing

volo velle volui ------ - wish, be willing (Page 309)

Present Tense Perfect Tense

volo I wish volumus we wish volui I have wishedvis you wish vultis you wishvult he wishes volunt they wish

Imperfect Tense Pluperfect Tense

volebam I was wishing volueram I had wished

Future Tense Future Perfect Tense

volam I shall wish voluero I shall have wished