Latin for Beginners

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    of_ (occupy)
  /postulo:, postula:re, postula:vi:, postula:tus\, _demand_
    (ex-postulate)
  /recu:so:, recu:sa:re, recu:sa:vi:, recu:sa:tus\, _refuse_
  /sto:, sta:re, steti:, status\, _stand_
  /tempto:, tempta:re, tempta:vi:, tempta:tus\, _try, tempt, test;
    attempt_
  /teneo:, tene:re, tenui:, ----\, _keep, hold_ (tenacious)

  The word /ubi\, which we have used so much in the sense of _where_ in
  asking a question, has two other uses equally important:

  1. /ubi\ = _when_, as a relative conjunction denoting time; as,
    /Ubi monstrum audiverunt, fugerunt\, _when they heard the monster,
    they fled_

  2. /ubi\ = _where_, as a relative conjunction denoting place; as,
    /Video oppidum ubi Galba habitat\, _I see the town where Galba
    lives_

  /ubi\ is called a _relative conjunction_ because it is equivalent to
  a relative pronoun. _When_ in the first sentence is equivalent to
  _at the time /at which\;_ and in the second, _where_ is equivalent
  to _the place /in which\._

_208._ The following list shows the principal parts of all the verbs you
have had excepting those used in the paradigms. The parts you have had
before are given for review, and the perfect participle is the only new
form for you to learn. Sometimes one or more of the principal parts are
lacking, which means that the verb has no forms based on that stem. A
few verbs lack the perfect passive participle but have the future active
participle in -u:rus, which appears in the principal parts instead.

  IRREGULAR VERBS

  sum     esse     fui:    futu:rus    _be_
  absum   abesse   a:fui:   a:futu:rus   _be away_
  do:[1]   dare     dedi:   datus      _give_

    [Footnote 1: /do:\ is best classed with the irregular verbs because
    of the short /a\ in the present and participial stems.]

  CONJUGATION I

  porto:   porta:re   porta:vi:   porta:tus   _carry_

  So for all verbs of this conjugation thus far used.

  CONJUGATION II

  contineo:   contine:re   continui:  contentus   _hold in, keep_
  de:leo:      de:le:re      de:le:vi:    de:le:tus     _destroy_
  doceo:      doce:re      docui:     doctus      _teach_
  egeo:       ege:re       egui:       ----         _lack_
  faveo:      fave:re      fa:vi:      fautu:rus    _favor_
  iubeo:      iube:re      iussi:     iussus      _order_
  moveo:      move:re      mo:vi:      mo:tus       _move_
  noceo:      noce:re      nocui:     nocitu:rus   _injure_
  pa:reo:      pa:re:re      pa:rui:      ----         _obey_
  persua:deo:  persua:de:re  persua:si:  persua:sus   _persuade (from)_
  prohibeo:   prohibe:re   prohibui:  prohibitus  _restrain, keep_
  respondeo:  responde:re  respondi:  respo:nsus   _reply_
  sedeo:      sede:re      se:di:      -sessus     _sit_
  studeo:     stude:re     studui:      ----        _be eager_
  video:      vide:re      vi:di:      vi:sus       _see_

  CONJUGATION III

  ago:         agere        e:gi:        a:ctus        _drive_
  cre:do:       cre:dere      cre:didi:    cre:ditus     _believe_
  di:co:        di:cere       di:xi:       dictus       _say_
  disce:do:     disce:dere    discessi:   discessus    _depart_
  du:co:        du:cere       du:xi:       ductus       _lead_
  facio:[2]    facere       fe:ci:       factus       _make_
  fugio:       fugere       fu:gi:       fugitu:rus    _flee_
  iacio:       iacere       ie:ci:       iactus       _hurl_
  interficio:  interficere  interfe:ci:  interfectus  _kill_
  mitto:       mittere      mi:si:       missus       _send_
  rapio:       rapere       rapui:      raptus       _seize_
  resisto:     resistere    restiti:     ----          _resist_

  CONJUGATION IV

  mu:nio:     mu:ni:re     mu:ni:vi:     mu:ni:tus    _fortify_
  reperio:   reperi:re   rep'peri:   repertus   _find_
  venio:     veni:re     ve:ni:       ventus     _come_

    [Footnote 2: /facio\ has an irregular passive which will be
    presented later.]

_209._ Prepositions.
  1. We learned in Secs. 52, 53 that only the _accusative_ and the
  _ablative_ are used with prepositions, and that prepositions
  expressing ablative relations govern the ablative case. Those we have
  had are here summarized. The table following should be learned.

    a: or ab,  _from, by_
    cum,       _with_
    de:,       _down from, concerning_
    e: or ex,  _out from, out of_
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