The –io verbs

(The circunflected accents are used to mark long vowels.)
 
 
There are 15 verbs with short thematic vowel –i- which in their conjugational pattern are intermediary between the verbs of the III and IV conjugations; grammatically they are classified to the III conjugation because they always change the short –i- to –e- before r and thus form infinitives in –ere (like legere and the other verbs of the III conjugation). These verbs are:
  1. allicio, allexi, allectus, allicere to attract, to entice
  2. aspicio, aspexi, aspectus, aspicere to look on / at, to behold
  3. capio, cepi, captus, capere to seize, to capture
  4. cupio, cupivi, cupitus, cupere to long for, to covet
  5. facio, feci, factus, facere to do
  6. fodio, fodi, fossus, fodere to dig (out)
  7. fugio, fugi, fugiturus, fugere to flee, to run away
  8. gradior, gressus sum, gradi to walk, to go, to advance
  9. jacio, jeci, jactus, jacere to throw
  10. morior, mortuus sum, mori to die
  11. pario, peperi, partus, parere to give birth to
  12. patior, passus sum, pati to suffer, to undergo
  13. quatio, --, quassus, quatere to shake
  14. rapio, rapui, raptus, rapere to drag off, to snatch
  15. sapio, sapii, --, sapere to have sense, to understand, to taste of
An example verb:
 
Capere
Indicative
  
Subjunctive
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Present Sg. 1.
2.
3.		 capio
capis
capit		 capior
caperis
capitur		 capiam
capias
capiat		 capiar
capiaris
capiatur
Pl. 1.
2.
3.		 capimus
capitis
capiunt		 capimur
capimini
capiuntur		 capiâmus
capiâtis
capiant		 capiamur
capiamini
capiantur
Imperfect Sg. 1.
2.
3.		 capiêbam
capiêbas
capiêbat		 capiêbar
capiebâris
capiebâtur		 caperem
caperes
caperet		 caperer
caperêris
caperêtur
Pl. 1.
2.
3.		 capiebâmus
capiebâtis
capiêbant		 capiebâmur
capiebamini
capiebantur		 caperêmus
caperêtis
caperent		 caperêmur
caperemini
caperentur
Future Sg. 1.
2.
3.		 capiam
capies
capiet		 capiar
capiêris
capiêtur
--
--
--
--
--
--
Pl. 1.
2.
3.		 capiêmus
capiêtis
capient		 capiêmur
capiemini
capientur
--
--
--
--
--
--
Perfect     cepi … captus sum … ceperim … captus sim …
Pluperfect     ceperam … captus eram … cepissem … captus essem …
Fut. Perfect     cepero … captus ero …
--
--
 
Imperative
Infinitive
Present Sg. 2. cape capere capere capi
Pl. 2. capite capimini
Future Sg. 2.
3.		 capito
capito		 capitor
capitor		 captûrus esse captum iri
Pl. 2.
3.		 capitôte
capiunto
--
capiunto
Perfect    
--
--
 capisse captus esse
 
Participle
Gerund
Present capiens, -entis
--
capiendi, o, um, o
Future captûrus, 3 capiendus, 3
Supine
Perfect
--
 captus, 3
captum, u


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