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§199. Irregular Verbs

volō, nōlō, mālō

PRINCIPAL PARTS: volō, velle, voluī,—, be willing, will, wish nōlō, nōlle, nōluī,—, be unwilling, will not mālō, mālle, māluī,—, be more willing, prefer

INDICATIVE
PRESENT	volō	nōlō	mālō
	vīs ¹ ¹ Vīs is from a different root.	nōn vīs	māvīs
	vult (volt)	nōn vult	māvult
	volumus	nōlumus	mālumus
	vultis (voltis)	nōn vultis	māvultis
	volunt	nōlunt	mālunt
IMPERFECT	volēbam	nōlēbam	mālēbam
FUTURE	volam, volēs, etc.	nōlam, nōlēs, etc.	mālam, mālēs, etc.
PERFECT	voluī	nōluī	māluī
PLUPERFECT	volueram	nōlueram	mālueram
FUT. PERF.	voluerō	nōluerō	māluerō

SUBJUNCTIVE
PRESENT	velim, -īs, -it,	nōlim	mālim
	velīmus, -ītis, -int
IMPERFECT	vellem,1 -ēs, -et,	nōllem	māllem
	vellēmus, -ētis, -ent
PERFECT	voluerim	nōluerim	māluerim
PLUPERFECT	voluissem	nōluissem	māluissem ² ² Vellem is for †vel-sēm, and velle for †vel-se (cf. es-se), the s being assimilated to the l preceding.

IMPERATIVE
PRESENT	----	nōlī, nōlīte	----
FUTURE	----	nōlītō, etc.	----

INFINITIVE
PRESENT	velle1	nōlle	mālle
PERFECT	voluisse	nōluisse	māluisse

PARTICIPLES

PRESENT

volēns, -entis

nōlēns, -entis

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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.