erf._ amantus fuisse, _to have deserved to be loved_.

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PECULIARITIES OF CONJUGATION.

116. 1. Perfects in -avi, -evi, and -ivi, with the forms derived from them,
often drop the ve or vi before endings beginning with r or s. So also novi
(from nosco) and the compounds of movi (from moveo). Thus:--

amavisti amasti delevisti delesti
amavisse amasse delevisse delesse
amaverunt amarunt deleverunt delerunt
amaverim amarim deleverim delerim
amaveram amaram deleveram deleram
amavero amaro delevero delero
novisti nosti noverim norim
novisse nosse noveram noram
audivisti audisti audivisse audisse

2. In the Gerund and Gerundive of the Third and Fourth Conjugations, the
endings -undus, -undi, often occur instead of -endus and -endi, as
faciundus, faciundi.

3. Dico, duco, facio, form the Imperatives, dic, duc, fac. But compounds of
facio form the Imperative in -fice, as confice. Compounds of dico, duco,
accent the ultima; as, edu'c, edi'c.

4. Archaic and Poetic forms:--

a. The ending -ier in the Present Infinitive Passive; as, amarier,
monerier, dicier, for amari, moneri, dici.

b. The ending -ibam for -iebam in Imperfects of the Fourth Conjugation,
and -ibo for -iam in Futures; as, scibam, scibo, for sciebam, sciam.

c. Instead of the fuller forms, in such words as dixisti, scripsistis,
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, acturum for acturum esse; ejectus for ejectus esse.

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FORMATION OF THE VERB STEMS.

Formation of the Present Stem.

117. Many verbs employ the simple Verb Stem for the Present Stem;[39] as,
dicere, amare, monere, audire. Others modify the Verb Stem to form the
Present, as follows:--

1. By appending the vowels, a, e, i; as,--

Present Stem Verb Stem
juvare, juva- juv-.
augere, auge- aug-.
vincire, vinci- vinc-.

2. By adding i, as capio, Present Stem capi- (Verb Stem cap-).

3. By the