Syntax

Verbs · conjugation endings

Sacra Latina

Personal endings for the finite system (indicative and subjunctive, active and passive), then imperatives, infinitives, and participles, and the irregular sum in full. Future is split for conjugations 1–2 vs 3–4; present subjunctive is split by conjugation (1st / 2nd / 3rd / 3rd-io & 4th). Passive perfect forms use the fourth principal part + a form of sum.

Indicative
Active
Person Present Imperfect Future 1·2 Future 3·4 Perfect Pluperfect Fut. Perfect
1 sg -ō/-m -bam -bō -am -eram -erō
2 sg -s -bās -bis -ēs -istī -erās -eris
3 sg -t -bat -bit -et -it -erat -erit
1 pl -mus -bāmus -bimus -ēmus -imus -erāmus -erimus
2 pl -tis -bātis -bitis -ētis -istis -erātis -eritis
3 pl -nt -bant -bunt -ent -ērunt/-ēre -erant -erint
Passive
Person Present Imperfect Future 1·2 Future 3·4 Perfect Pluperfect Fut. Perfect
1 sg -or -bar -bor -ar 4pp + sum 4pp + eram 4pp + erō
2 sg -ris -bāris -beris -ēris 4pp + es 4pp + erās 4pp + eris
3 sg -tur -bātur -bitur -ētur 4pp + est 4pp + erat 4pp + erit
1 pl -mur -bāmur -bimur -ēmur 4pp + sumus 4pp + erāmus 4pp + erimus
2 pl -minī -bāminī -biminī -ēminī 4pp + estis 4pp + erātis 4pp + eritis
3 pl -ntur -bantur -buntur -entur 4pp + sunt 4pp + erant 4pp + erunt
Deponent verbs (meditor, loquor, sequor) have no active finite forms: they use this table throughout, with active meaning (meditātī sunt = “they devised”). Their present/future participles, gerund and supine are still active in form. Semi-deponents (gaudeō, gaudēre, gāvīsus sum) are active through the present system and use this table only for the perfect. A three-part “... + sum” entry is not a reliable tell either way: fīō, fierī, factus sum has that shape but stays passive (factum est = “it was done”), since fiō is faciō's own suppletive passive.
Indicative · present by conjugation
Active
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd-io 4th
1 sg -eō -iō -iō
2 sg -ās -ēs -is -is -īs
3 sg -at -et -it -it -it
1 pl -āmus -ēmus -imus -imus -īmus
2 pl -ātis -ētis -itis -itis -ītis
3 pl -ant -ent -unt -iunt -iunt
Passive
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd-io 4th
1 sg -or -eor -or -ior -ior
2 sg -āris -ēris -eris -eris -īris
3 sg -ātur -ētur -itur -itur -ītur
1 pl -āmur -ēmur -imur -imur -īmur
2 pl -āminī -ēminī -iminī -iminī -īminī
3 pl -antur -entur -untur -iuntur -iuntur
Indicative · imperfect by conjugation
Active
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd-io 4th
1 sg -ābam -ēbam -ēbam -iēbam -iēbam
2 sg -ābās -ēbās -ēbās -iēbās -iēbās
3 sg -ābat -ēbat -ēbat -iēbat -iēbat
1 pl -ābāmus -ēbāmus -ēbāmus -iēbāmus -iēbāmus
2 pl -ābātis -ēbātis -ēbātis -iēbātis -iēbātis
3 pl -ābant -ēbant -ēbant -iēbant -iēbant
Passive
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd-io 4th
1 sg -ābar -ēbar -ēbar -iēbar -iēbar
2 sg -ābāris -ēbāris -ēbāris -iēbāris -iēbāris
3 sg -ābātur -ēbātur -ēbātur -iēbātur -iēbātur
1 pl -ābāmur -ēbāmur -ēbāmur -iēbāmur -iēbāmur
2 pl -ābāminī -ēbāminī -ēbāminī -iēbāminī -iēbāminī
3 pl -ābantur -ēbantur -ēbantur -iēbantur -iēbantur
sum · full forms
Person Present Imperfect Future Perfect Pluperfect Fut. Perfect
1 sg sum eram erō fuī fueram fuerō
2 sg es erās eris fuistī fuerās fueris
3 sg est erat erit fuit fuerat fuerit
1 pl sumus erāmus erimus fuimus fuerāmus fuerimus
2 pl estis erātis eritis fuistis fuerātis fueritis
3 pl sunt erant erunt fuērunt fuerant fuerint
Full forms of sum (no passive). One future column: sum does not follow the 1·2 / 3·4 split.
Subjunctive
Active
Person Present 1 Present 2 Present 3 Present 3-io·4 Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect
1 sg -em -eam -am -iam -rem -erim -issem
2 sg -ēs -eās -ās -iās -rēs -erīs -issēs
3 sg -et -eat -at -iat -ret -erit -isset
1 pl -ēmus -eāmus -āmus -iāmus -rēmus -erīmus -issēmus
2 pl -ētis -eātis -ātis -iātis -rētis -erītis -issētis
3 pl -ent -eant -ant -iant -rent -erint -issent
Passive
Person Present 1 Present 2 Present 3 Present 3-io·4 Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect
1 sg -er -ear -ar -iar -rer 4pp + sim 4pp + essem
2 sg -ēris -eāris -āris -iāris -rēris 4pp + sīs 4pp + essēs
3 sg -ētur -eātur -ātur -iātur -rētur 4pp + sit 4pp + esset
1 pl -ēmur -eāmur -āmur -iāmur -rēmur 4pp + sīmus 4pp + essēmus
2 pl -ēminī -eāminī -āminī -iāminī -rēminī 4pp + sītis 4pp + essētis
3 pl -entur -eantur -antur -iantur -rentur 4pp + sint 4pp + essent
Deponent verbs have no active finite forms: they use this table throughout, with active meaning (meditātī sint, subjunctive of meditātī sunt above). Same caveats as the indicative table: semi-deponents (gaudeō) use it only for the perfect, and fīō, fierī, factus sum has the deponent shape but stays passive.
Imperative
Voice 2 sg 2 pl
Active (stem) -te
Passive -re -minī
2 sg active = the bare present stem: laudā, docē, mitte, audī. Irregular: dīc, dūc, fac, fer. Deponents use the passive forms with active meaning: cōnfitēre, cōnfitēminī. Future imperative: -tō / -tōte (estō).
Infinitives
Voice Present Perfect Future
Active -re -isse -ūrum esse
Passive -rī / -ī 4pp + esse supine + īrī
Present passive: -rī in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th conjugations, bare in the 3rd (dūcī, mittī). The future passive (supine + īrī) is rare; the supine is the 4pp stem + -um, invariable.
Participles
Tense Active Passive
Present -ns (gen. -ntis)
Perfect -us, -a, -um
Future -ūrus, -a, -um -ndus, -a, -um
Present declines like a 3rd-declension adjective (gen. -ntis); perfect and future like bonus. The perfect passive participle is the 4pp (laudātus); deponents use it with active meaning (locūtus, “having spoken”). Future passive -ndus = gerundive: obligation (laudandus, “to be praised”). Related gerund (verbal noun): -ndī, -ndō, -ndum (ad adiuvandum mē festīnā).
Irregular · sum, esse, fuī
“To be”: the most common verb in the corpus, and the auxiliary of every passive perfect form above. Full forms, not endings.
Subjunctive
Person Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect
1 sg sim essem fuerim fuissem
2 sg sīs essēs fuerīs fuissēs
3 sg sit esset fuerit fuisset
1 pl sīmus essēmus fuerīmus fuissēmus
2 pl sītis essētis fuerītis fuissētis
3 pl sint essent fuerint fuissent
Imperative: es, este (future estō, estōte). Infinitives: esse, fuisse, futūrum esse (or fore). Future participle: futūrus. Compounds conjugate the same way: possum (pot-), adsum, prōsum.
4pp = fourth principal part (perfect passive participle), declined to agree with the subject. Present 1 sg active -ō/-m: regular; -m in some irregulars (e.g. sum → sum).