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Verbs.

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The Infinitive (Inf.) (indeclinable). There is a Pres. Act., a Perf. Act., and a Pres. Pass. Infinitive.

Gerund: a Neut. Noun in -dum of the Second Declension.

Supine: two forms, in -um and -ū, the Acc. and Abl. of a Noun of the Fourth Declension.

The Verbal Adjectives are:

The Present Participle (Active): declined as an Adj. of the Second Class.

The Future Participle (Active): declined as an Adj. of the First Class.

The Perfect Participle (Passive): declined as an Adj. of the First Class.

The Gerundive: declined as an Adj. of the First Class.

For the meanings and usages of Verbals, see §§192 sqq.

§61. Compound or Periphrastic Tenses.—As the inflexions of a Latin Verb do not furnish all the forms required by use, the deficiency is supplied by using Participles with the Verb essĕ to be.

I. The Perfect Participle is used to form the Completed Tenses (§ 174*) of the Passive.

Hence it is used with—

sum	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$		$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ind.	Perf.
ĕram					Pluperf.
ĕrō		to form the Passive			Fut. Perf.
sim		to form the Passive		Subj.	Perf.
essem					Pluperf.
essĕ				Inf.	Perf.

Deponent Verbs (§ 75) form their Completed tenses in the same way.

In place of sum, etc., these tenses are sometimes formed by fŭī, fŭĕram, fŭĕrō; fŭĕrim, fŭissem, fŭissĕ. See § 73.

2. The Future Participle can be used with any part of