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§183. Peculiarities of Conjugation

The following ancient forms are found chiefly in poetry:

  • In the fourth conjugation, -ībam, -ībō, for -iēbam, -iam (future). These forms are regular in eō, go (§ 203).
  • In the present subjunctive, -im: as in duim,perduim, retained in religious formulas and often in comedy. This form is regular in sum and volō and their compounds (§§ 170, 199).
  • In the perfect subjunctive and future perfect indicative, -sim, -sō: as, faxim,faxō, iussō, recēpsō (= fēcerim etc.); ausim (= ausus sim).
  • In the passive infinitive, -ier: as, vocārier for vocārī;agier for agī.
  • A form in -āssō, -āssere is found used as a future perfect: as, amāssis. from amō;levāssō, fromlevō; impetrāssere, from impetrō;iūdicāssit, from iūdicō (cf. § 263. 2. b. N.).

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.