Latin verb tenses

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by  Prior, Richard E

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Latin
Verb Tenses
Also by Richard E. Prior:
Latin Verb Drills
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Latin
Verb Tenses
SECOND EDITION
Richard E. Prior
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
UNIT 1 The Latin Verb System 1
The Characteristics of Latin Verbs 1
The Conjugations 3
Principal Parts 4
UNIT 2 The Present Indicative Active 5
Use 5
Formation 5
UNIT 3 The Imperfect Indicative Active 23
Use 23
Formation 24
UNIT 4 The Future Indicative Active 27
Use 27
Formation 28
UNIT 5 The Perfect Indicative Active 33
Use 33
Formation 33
Perfect-Stem Formation 35
UNIT 6 The Pluperfect and Future Perfect Indicative Active 39
The Pluperfect Tense 39
The Future Perfect Tense 42
UNIT 7 The Passive Voice 45
Use 45
Formation of the Present System 46
Formation of the Perfect System 55
UNIT 8 Deponent Verbs 60
Use 60
Formation 61
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UNIT 9 The Imperative Mood 68
Use 68
Formation 68
UNIT 10 Irregular Verbs 72
sum, esse, fu¯ı, fut¯urus to be, exist 72
possum, posse, potu¯ı to be able, can 75
volo¯, velle, volu¯ı to be willing, want 78
no¯lo¯, nolle, no¯l¯u¯ı not to want, be unwilling 81
m¯alo¯, malle, m¯alu¯ı to want more, prefer 84
eo¯, ¯ıre, i¯ı/¯ıv¯ı, itum to go 87
fer¯o, ferre, tul¯ı, l¯atum to bring, carry, bear 90
f¯ıo¯, fier¯ı, factus sum to be, be made, be done, become; happen 93
UNIT 11 Participles 97
The Present Active Participle 98
The Perfect Passive Participle 100
The Future Active Participle 102
Participial Phrases 103
The Ablative Absolute 107
UNIT 12 Gerunds, Gerundives, and Supines 111
Gerunds 111
Gerundives 113
The Supine 115
UNIT 13 Infinitives 117
Formation 117
Use 119
UNIT 14 Indirect Statement 123
UNIT 15 The Subjunctive Mood 130
The Present Subjunctive, Active and Passive 130
The Imperfect Subjunctive, Active and Passive 136
The Perfect Subjunctive Active 137
The Perfect Subjunctive Passive 138
The Pluperfect Subjunctive Active 139
The Pluperfect Subjunctive Passive 140
UNIT 16 Independent Subjunctive Uses 142
The Hortatory and Jussive Subjunctives 142
The Optative Subjunctive 143
Subjunctive Clauses After Verbs of Fearing 144
The Potential Subjunctive 145
The Deliberative Subjunctive 146
Contents vii
UNIT 17 Cum Clauses 147
UNIT 18 Purpose Clauses and Indirect Commands 151
Adverbial Clauses of Purpose 151
Relative Clauses of Purpose 153
Indirect Commands 154
UNIT 19 Result Clauses 156
UNIT 20 Indirect Questions; Sequence of Tenses 158
Indirect Questions 158
Sequence of Tenses 159
UNIT 21 Conditions 162
UNIT 22 Review Exercises 165
Latin–English Glossary 189
English–Latin Glossary 203
Answer Key 207
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