FIRST & SECOND CONJUGATION VERBS

I. First Conjugation Verbs (-!re) in the present tense are formed as follows:

-"
-!s
-at
-!mus
-!tis
-ant
Thus: am" I love
am!s you love
amat he loves
am!mus we love
am!tis you (pl.) love
amant they love

The Imperative is formed with -! (sing.) and -!te (pl.): am!, am!te.

Principal Parts: am", -!re, -!v#, -!tum

There are about 360 simple verbs of the First Conjugation, most formed directly from a noun or
adjective stem. Thus, arma, arms - arm", I arm; amor, love - am", I love. Their conjugation is
usually regular (like am", am!re, am!v#, am!tum) but note the following irregularities in the
3rd and 4th Principal Parts (those marked with * also have regular forms):

crep!, -"re, crepu#*, crepitum - to make noise
cub!, -"re, cubu#*, cubitum* - to lie down
d!, d"re, ded#, datum - to give
dom!, -"re, domu#, domitum - to subdue
fric!, -"re, fricu#, frictum* - to rub
iuv!, -"re, i$v#, i$tum - to help
lav!, "re, l"v#, lautum* - to wash
mic!, -"re, micu#, - to glitter
nec!, -"re, necu#*, nec"tum - to kill
plic!, -"re, plicu#*, plicitum - to fold
p!t!, -"re, p!t"v#, p!tum - to drink
sec!, -"re, secu#, sectum - to cut
son!, -"re, sonu#, sonitum - to sound
st!, st"re, stet#, statum - to stand
ton!, -"re, tonu#, tonitum - to thunder
vet!, -"re, vetu#, vetitum - to forbid, veto

II. Second Conjugation Verbs (-$re) in the present tense are formed as follows:

-e"
-$s
-et
-$mus
-$tis
-ent
Thus: mone" I warn
mon$s you warn
monet he warns
mon$mus we warn
mon$tis you (pl.) warn
monent they warn

The Imperative is formed with -$ (sing.) and -$te (pl.): mon$, mon$te.

Principal Parts: mone", -$re, -u#, -itum.

There are nearly 120 simple verbs of the Second Conjugation, many of them verbs of condition
with corresponding noun and adjective forms (timor, fear; timidus, fearful, shy - time", -$re,
timu#, to fear). The Perfect Stem often ends (like mone" and time") in -u#, but -ev#, -#, -s#, and
-x# are also found. Note the following:

"rde!, -%re, "rs# - to burn, be on fire
auge!, -%re, aux#, auctum - to increase
fle!, -%re, fl%v#, fl%tum - to weep
doce!, -%re, docu#, doctum - to teach
iube!, -%re, iuss#, iussum - to order
mane!, -%re, mans#, mansum - to wait for
misce!, -%re, miscu#, mixtum - to mix
move!, -%re, m!v#, m!tum - to move
pende!, -%re, pepend#, p%nsum - to hang
persu"de! -%re, persu"s#, persu"sum - to persuade
responde!, -%re, respond#, responsum - to reply
r#de!, -%re, r#s#, r#sum - to laugh
sede!, -%re, s%d#, sessum - to sit
tene!, -%re, tenu#, tentum - to hold
torque!, -%re, tors#, tortum - to twist
vide!, -%re, v#d#, v#sum - to see