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VERBS IN -i=o OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION.



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Verbs of the Third Conjugation in -ió have certain forms of the present stem like the fourth conjugation. They lose the i of the stem before a consonant and also before i, í, and e (except in the future, the participle, the gerund, and the gerundive).[1][This is a practical working rule. The actual explanation of the forms of such verbs is not fully understood.] Verbs of this class are conjugated as follows: -



PRINCIPAL PARTS: Active, capió, capere, cépí, captum;

Passive, capior, capí, captus sum.



PRESENT STEM capie- (cape-) PERFECT STEM cép- SUPINE STEM capt-

ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE INDICATIVE
PRESENT PRESENT capió, I take
capis, you take capiás caperis (-re) capiáris (-re)
capit, he takes capiat capitur capiátur
capimus capiámus capímur capiámur
capitis capiátis capiminí capiáminí
capiunt capiant capiuntur capiantur
IMPERFECT IMPERFECT capiébam
FUTURE FUTURE capiam
capiés capiéris (-re) capiet, etc.
PERFECT PERFECT cépí
PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT céperam
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT céperó


IMPERATIVE

PRESENT PRESENT
Singular Plural Singular Plural
cape capite capere capiminí
FUTURE FUTURE capitó
capitó capiunto capitor capiuntor


INFINITIVE

PRESENT

capere capí
PERFECT cépisse captus esse
FUTURE captúrus esse captum írí


PARTICIPLES

PRESENT

capiéns, -ientis PERFECT captus, -a, -um
FUTURE captúrus, -a, -um GERUNDIVE capiendus, -a, -um
GERUND SUPINE
capiendí, -dó, -dum, -dó captum, -tú