of the stem is retained.[2]

[Footnote 1: The -a:- is shortened before -m final, and -e:-
before -t final and before -nt. (Cf. Sec. 12.2.)]

[Footnote 2: The -i:- is, of course, shortened, being before
another vowel. (Cf. Sec. 12.1.)]

_157._ PARADIGMS

CONJUGATION III CONJUGATION IV
SINGULAR
1. re'gam, _I shall rule_ au'diam, _I shall hear_
2. re'ge:s, _you will rule_ au'die:s, _you will hear_
3. re'get, _he will rule_ au'diet, _he will hear_

PLURAL
1. rege:'mus, _we shall rule_ audie:'mus, _we shall hear_
2. rege:'tis, _you will rule_ audie:'tis, _you will hear_
3. re'gent, _they will rule_ au'dient, _they will hear_

1. Observe that the future of the third conjugation is like the
present of the second, excepting in the first person singular.

2. In the same manner inflect the verbs given in Sec. 148.

_158._ EXERCISES

I. 1. Dicet, ducetis, muniemus. 2. Dicent, dicetis, mittemus.
3. Munient, venient, mittent, agent. 4. Ducet, mittes, veniet, aget.
5. Muniet, reperietis, agemus. 6. Mittam, veniemus, regent. 7. Audietis,
venies, reperies. 8. Reperiet, agam, ducemus, mittet. 9. Videbitis,
sedebo, vocabimus.

II. 1. I shall find, he will hear, they will come. 2. I shall fortify,
he will send, we shall say. 3. I shall drive, you will lead, they will
hear. 4. You will send, you will fortify, (_sing. and plur._), he will
say. 5. I shall come, we shall find, they will send.

6. Who[3] will believe the story? I[4] shall believe the story. 7. Whose
friends do you favor? We favor our friends. 8. Who will resist our
weapons? Sextus will resist your weapons. 9. Who will persuade him?
They will persuade him. 10. Why were you injuring my horse? I was not
injuring your horse. 11. Whom does a good slave obey? A good slave obeys
his master. 12. Our men were eager for another battle.

[Footnote 3: Remember that /quis\, _who_, is singular in number.]

[Footnote 4: Express by /ego\, because it is emphatic.]

LESSON XXVI

VERBS IN _-IO:_ OF THE THIRD CONJUGATION : THE IMPERATIVE MOOD

_159._ There are a few common verbs ending in -io: which do not belong
to the fourth conjugation, as you might infer, but to the third. The
fact that they belong to the third conjugation is shown by the ending of
the infinitive. (Cf. Sec. 126.) Compare

audio:, audi:'re (_hear_), fourth conjugation
capio:, ca'pere (_take_), third conjugation