Deponent verbs

Deponent Verbs

• "de" + "pono"
• they are always passive verbs
• they only have 3 pp in dictionary entry
• ex) loquor, loqui, loctus sum

You know the conjugation by the second principal part

conjugations

• 1st cong - long A (conor, conAri)
• 2nd cong - long E (vereor, verEri)
• 3rd cong - short E sound (loquor, loquI)
• 3io cong - short E sound and ior in 1pp
• 4 cong - long i in 2 pp and ior in 1st

We use passive endings to conjugate

Conjugate by -ri of 2pp and add endings

r,ris,tur
mur,mini,ntur

Translate Actively

examples

• conor (I try)
• conaris (you try)
• conatur (he tries)
• conamur (we try)
• conamini (y'all try), conantur (they try)

*** 3 "io" has some exceptions

• The stems are a little different
• 1st singular - 1 pp
• 2nd sing - -i, +e, +endings
• 3rd sing, 1 and 2 plural - 2pp +endings
• 3rd plural - 2 pp -i +u +endings

examples

• loquor
• loqueris
• loquitur
• loquimur , loquimini
• loquuntur

There are tenses!

Imperfect

• + BA
• +passive endings
• verebatur
• he/ she fears

Future

• for 1/2 declension words
• +bo, bi, bu and passive endings
• for 3rd declension words
• +a, e and passive endings
• verebitur/ he/she will fear

Perfect

• 3rd pp
• add sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt
• veritus est
• he/she has feared

Pluperfect

• 3rd pp
• add eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant
• veritus erat
• he/she had feared

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Future perfect

• 3 pp
• Add ero eris erit erimus eritis erunt
• veritus erit
• he/she will have feared