Latin Deponents

Deponent Verbs

• These verbs put aside their active endings (always passive)
• The principe parts are how you tell
• Deponent verbs only have three principle parts
• Ex. loquor, loqui, locutus sum

Conjugations

• Look at 2nd p.p. to find conjugation
• -ari = 1st
• -eri = 2nd
• -i = 3rd
• -iri = 4th

3rd -io

• 1st p.p. is used in determining conjugation
• to be 3rd -io, the 2nd p.p. ends in -i
• 1st p.p. ends in -ior

formation

• Take the 2nd p.p., drop -i, and add passive endings
• This is only in 1st, 2nd, and 4th conjugation
• Ex. Conor, conari, conatus sum
• Conor, conaris, conatur, conamur, conamini, conantur
• Translated actively

3rd conjugation formation

• 2nd person singular: drop -i, add -e, add endings
• 3rd sing - 2nd plu: add endings right to 2nd p.p.
• 3rd plu: drop -i, add -u, add endings
• Ex. Loquor, loqui, locutus sum
• Loquor, loqueris, loquitur, loquimur, loquimini, loquuntur

Examples of deponents

• Conor, conari, conatus sum - to try
• Vereor, vereri, veritus sum - to fear
• Loquor, loqui, locitus sum - to talk
• Regredior, regredi, regressus sum - to return
• Experior, experiri, expertus sum - to test

Imperfect

• Take stem
• add -ba
• add passive endings
• Ex. verebatur

Future (1st and 2nd conj.)

• Take stem
• add -bo -bi -bu
• add passive endings
• Ex. verebitur

Future (3rd and 4th conj.)

• Take stem
• add -a or -e
• add passive endings
• Ex. experiam

Perfect

• 3rd p.p. already has "sum"
• continue with forms of "sum" (sum, es, est, etc.)
• Ex. Veritus est

Pluperfect

• 3rd p.p.
• Instead of (sum, es, est) use (eram, eras, erat)
• Ex. Veritus eram

Future perfect

• 3rd p.p.
• instead of sum, use ero, eris, erit, etc.
• Ex. veritus eris

Reflection

• I chose deponents because I understand them very well.
• When we first learned these verbs, they came to me easily.
• I chose this topic because I feel that if I understand it,
• then it is easy for me to make others understand it also.

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