Chapter 212 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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There are—besides a few deponents and some regular derivatives in -ŭriō , as, ēsuriō , be hungry (cf. § 263 . 4)—about 60 verbs of this conjugation, a large proportion of them being descriptive verbs: like— crōciō , croak; mūgiō , bellow; tinniō , tinkle.

Most verbs of the Fourth Conjugation are conjugated regularly, like audiō , though a number lack the supine.

The following verbs show special peculiarities:—

amiciō , amixī ( -cuī ), amict- , clothe. saepiō , saepsī , saept- , hedge in. aperiō , aperuī , apert- , open. saliō ( -siliō ), saluī ( saliī ), [ salt- ( -sult -)], leap. comperiō , -perī , compert- , find. farciō , farsī , fartum , stuff. sanciō [SAC], sānxī , sānct- , sanction. feriō , ----, ----, strike. sarciō , sarsī , sart- , patch. fulciō , fulsī , fult- , prop. sentiō , sēnsī , sēns- , feel. nauriō , hausī , haust- ( hausūrus ), drain. sepeliō , sepelīvī , sepult- , bury. operiō , operuī , opert- , cover. veniō , vēnī , vent- , come. reperiō , repperī , repert- , find. vinciō , vīnxī , vīnct- , bind.

For Index of Verbs, see pp. 436 ff.

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