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§184. FIRST CONJUGATION (ā-STEMS)—ACTIVE VOICE

The First Conjugation includes all verbs which add ā- to the root to form the present stem, with a few whose root ends in a-. The verb amō, love, is conjugated as follows:— PRINCIPAL PARTS: Present Indicative amō, Present Infinitive amāre, Perfect Indicative amāvī, Supine amātum.

PRESENT STEM amā-PERFECT STEM amāv-SUPINE STEM amāt-
INDICATIVESUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT
amō,1 I love, am loving, do loveamem 2
amās, thou lovest (you love)amēs
amat, he (she, it) lovesamet
amāmus, we loveamēmus
amātis, you loveamētis
amant, they loveament
IMPERFECT
amābam, I loved, was loving, did loveamārem
amābās, you lovedamārēs
amābat, he lovedamāret
amābāmus, we lovedamārēmus
amābātis, you lovedamārētis
amābant, they lovedamārent
FUTURE
amābō, I shall love
amābis, you will love
amābit, he will love
amābimus, we shall love
amābitis, you will love
amābunt, they will love
INDICATIVESUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT
amāvī, I loved, have lovedamāverim
amāvistī, you lovedamāveris
amāvit, he lovedamāverit
amāvimus, we lovedamāverimus
amāvistis, you lovedamāveritis
amāvērunt (-ēre), they lovedamāverint
PLUPERFECT
amāveram, I had lovedamāvissem
amāverās, you had lovedamāvissēs
amāverat, he had lovedamāvisset
amāverāmus, we had lovedamāvissēmus
amāverātis, you had lovedamāvissētis
amāverant, they had lovedamāvissent
FUTURE PERFECT
SingularPlural
amāverō, I shall have lovedamāverimus, we shall have loved
amāveris, you will have lovedamāveritis, you will have loved
amāverit, he will have lovedamāverint, they will have loved
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT amā, love thouamāte, love ye
FUTURE amātō, thou shalt loveamātōte, ye shall love
amātō, he shall loveamantō, they shall love
INFINITIVE
PRESENT amāre, to love
PERFECT amāvisse or amāsse, to have loved
FUTURE amāt ūrus esse, to be about to love
PARTICIPLES
PRESENT amāns, -antis, loving
FUTURE amātūrus, -a, -um, about to love
GERUND
GENITIVE amandī, of lovingACCUSATIVE amandum, loving
DATIVE amandō, for lovingABLATIVE amandō, by loving
SUPINE
amātum, to loveamātū, to love
FIRST CONJUGATION (ā-STEMS)—PASSIVE VOICE

PRINCIPAL PARTS: Present Indicative amor, Present Infinitive amārī, Perfect Indicative amātus sum.3

PRESENT STEM amā-SUPINE STEM amāt-
INDICATIVESUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT
amor,2 I am loved, being loved 4amer 5
amāris (-re), you are lovedamēris (-re)
amātur, he is lovedamētur
amāmur, we are lovedamēmur
amāminī, you are lovedamēminī
amantur, they are lovedamentur
IMPERFECT
amābar, I was loved, being lovedamārer
amābāris (-re), you were lovedamārēris (-re)
amābātur, he was lovedamārētur
amābāmur, we were lovedamārēmur
amābāminī, you were lovedamārēminī
amābantur, they were lovedamārentur
FUTURE
amābor, I shall be loved
amāberis (-re), you will be loved
amābitur, he will be loved
amābimur, we shall be loved
amābiminī, you will be loved
amābuntur, they will be loved
INDICATIVESUBJUNCTIVE
PERFECT
amātus sum,6 I was lovedamātus sim1
amāt us es, you were lovedamātus sīs
amāt us est, he was lovedamātus sit
amāt ī sumus, we were lovedamātī sīmus
amāt ī estis, you were lovedamātī sītis
amāt ī sunt, they were lovedamātī sint
PLUPERFECT
amātus eram,1 I had been lovedamātus essem1
amāt us erās, you had been lovedamātus essēs
amāt us erat, he had been lovedamātus esset
amāt ī erāmus, we had been lovedamātī essēmus
amāt ī erātis, you had been lovedamātī essētis
amāt ī erant, they had been lovedamātī essent
FUTURE PERFECT
SingularPlural
amātus erō,1 I shall have been lovedamāt ī erimus, we shall have, etc.
amāt us eris, you will have, etc.amāt ī eritis, you will have, etc.
amāt us erit, he will have, etc.amāt ī erunt, they will have, etc.
IMPERATIVE
PRESENT amāre, be thou lovedamāminī, be ye loved
FUTURE amātor, thou shalt be loved-----
amātor, he shall be lovedamantor, they shall be loved
INFINITIVE
PRESENT amārī, to be loved
PERFECT amāt us esse, to have been loved
FUTURE amāt um īrī, to be about to be loved
PARTICIPLES
PERFECTamātus, -a, -um, loved (beloved, or having been loved)
FUTURE (GERUNDIVE)amandus, -a, -um, to-be-loved (lovely)

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.