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Latin Deponent Verbs: grammar reference

Study Latin deponent verbs: Deponent models, Participles & commands, Semi-deponents, Latin verb. Reference tables, labeled forms, and interactive practice.

Deponent models

Deponent models
Present / infinitivePerfectMeaning
hortor · hortārīhortātus sumencourage
vereor · verērīveritus sumfear
loquor · loquīlocūtus sumspeak
patior · patīpassus sumsuffer
partior · partīrīpartītus sumdivide

Passive form; active meaning. Perfect participle agrees with the subject.

Participles & commands

Participles & commands
TypeFormMeaning
Present participlehortānsencouraging
Perfect participlehortātushaving encouraged
Future participlehortātūrusabout to encourage
Gerundivehortandusto be encouraged
Command sg. / pl.hortāre / hortāminīencourage!

Semi-deponents

Semi-deponents
Present / infinitivePerfectMeaning
audeō · audēreausus sumdare
gaudeō · gaudēregāvīsus sumrejoice
soleō · solēresolitus sumbe accustomed

Active present system; passive-form perfect system with active meaning.

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Selected reference content from the Word Radicals curriculum, shared with the iOS app. Model forms illustrate patterns; they do not give every form of every word.

Allen & Greenough: Latin Grammar · Bennett: New Latin Grammar