Chapter 209 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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 Second Conjugation

There are about 360 simple verbs of the First Conjugation, most of them formed directly on a noun-or adjective-stem: armō , arm ( arma , arms ); caecō , to blind ( caecus , blind ); exsulō , be an exile ( exsul , an exile ) (§ 259 ).

Their conjugation is usually regular, like amō ; though of many only a few forms are found in use.

The following verbs form their Perfect and Supine stems irregularly. Those marked * have also regular forms.

crepō , crepuī ( -crepāvī ), -crepit -, resound. plicō , * -plicuī , * -plicit -, fold. cubō , * cubuī , -cubit -, lie down. pōtō , pōtāvī , * pōt- , drink. dō , dăre , dedī , dăt- , give (DA). secō , secuī , sect- , cut. domō , domuī , domit- , subdue. sonō , sonuī , sonit- ,1 sound. fricō , fricuī , * frict- , rub. stō , stetī , -stat - ( -stit -), stand. iuvō ( ad-iuvō ), iūvī , iūt- , Future Participle also in -ātūrus (either in the simple verb or in composition). help. tonō , tonuī , * -tonit -, thunder. micō , micuī , ----, glitter. vetō , vetuī , vetit- , forbid. necō , * necuī , necāt- ( -nect -), kill. Necō has regularly necāvī , necātum , except in composition.
Compounds of these verbs have the following forms:— crepō : con-crepuī , dis-crepuī or - crepāvī; in-crepuī or - crepāvī. dō : circum -, inter -, pessum -, satis -, super -, vēnum-dō , - dedī , - dat -, of the first conjugation. Other compounds belong to the root DHA, put , and are of the third conjugation: as, condō , condĕre , condidī , conditum. micō : dī-micāvī , - micāt-; ē-micuī , -micāt- . plicō : re -, sub - ( sup -), multi-plicō , - plicāvī , - plicāt-; ex-plicō (unfold), - uī , - it-; (explain), - āvī , - āt-; im-plicō , - āvī (- uī ), - ātum (- itum ). stō : cōn-stō , - stitī , (- stātūrus ） ; ad , re-stō , - stitī , ---- ; ante - ( anti -), inter -, superstō , - stetī , ---- ; circum-stō , - stetī (- stitī ), ---- ; prae-stō , - stitī , - stit - (- stāt -) ; dī-stō , ex-stō , no perfect or supine (future participle ex-stātūrus ).

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