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2. In the Genmd and Gerundive of the Third and Fourth Conjugations, the endings -undus, -undt, often occur instead of -endus and -endi, as faci1indus, faciundi. 3. Dico, dlco, facio, form the Imperatives, dic, dflc, fac. But compounds of facio form the Imperative in -fice, as cfinfice, Compounds of dico, dUco, accent the ultima; .as, eddc, edic. 4. Archaic and Poetic forms: a. The ending -ier in the Present Infinitive Passive; as, amarter, monarier, dicier, for amarf, monerf, dici. b. The ending -Ibam for -iebam in Imperfects of the Fourth Conjugation, and -mo for -iam in Futures; as, scfbam, scrno, for sciebam, sciam. c. Instead of the fuller forms, in such words as dixisti, scripsis tis, surrexisse, we sometimes find dixti, scripstis, surrexe, etc. d. The endings -im, -is, etc. (for -am, -As, etc.) occur in a few Subjunctive forms; as, edim (eat), duint, perduint.
5. In the Future Active and Perfect Passive Infinitive, the auxiliary esse is often omitted; as, 5.cturum for acturum esse; ejectus for ejectus esse. FORMATION Formation
OF THE VERB STEMS. of the Present
Stem.
117. Many verbs employ the Verb Stem for the Present Stem; 1 as, dicere, diicere, am5.re, monsre, audire. Others form the Present Stem variously, as follows:I.
By appending the vowels, 5.,e, i; as,[uvare, Present Stem juva- (Verb Stem [uv-), augere, " "auge(" "aug-). vincire, " "vinci(" "vinc-).
By adding i, as capid, Present Stem capi- (Verb Stem cap-). 3. By the insertion of n (m before labial-mutes) before the final consonant of the Verb Stem; as, fundo (Stem fud-), rumpo (Stem rup-: 4路 By appending -n to the Verb Stem; as,cern-o pell-o (for pel-no). 2.
1 Strictly speaking, the Present Stem always ends in a Thematic Vowel (~ or 6); as, dlc~-, dic.6-; amfi,..~-,ama-o-. Butthe multitude of phonetic changes involved prevents a scientific treatment of the subject here. See the Author's Latin Language.