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—§ 55 THE VERB.—SUM. 117INFINITIVE MOOD.Pres. Esse, To he (177)Perf. Fuisse,To have been.Put. Esse futurus, a, urn, To be about to be.F, Perf. Fuisse futurus, a, um, To have been about to be.PARTICIPLE.Future. Futurus, a, urn, About to be.Synopsisof the Moods and Tenses.Indicative. Subjunctive. Imperative.Pres. sum, sim, es, or esto.Imp.Pei" f.Pli\«\eram,fui,fueram,essem,fuSrimfuissem.Fut.F.-Perf.ero,fuero.Infinitive.fuisse,esse futurus,fuisse futurus.Participlefuturus.Obs. 1. The compounds of sum; namely, adsum, absum,desum, insum, intersum, obsum, prcesum, subsum, supersum, areconjugated like the simple verb ; but insum, and subsum, wantthe perfect, and the tenses formed from it. Prosum, andpossum from potis and sum, are very irregular. 221-1, 2.Obs. 2. Instead of Essem, forem is sometimes used, and alsofore, instead offuisse.Obs. 3. The participle ens is not in use, but appears in twocompounds, absens, and pr&sens. Also, the supine and gerundare wanting, but the inflection in the persons and numbers isregular.Note.—The great irregularity of this verb arises from the different partsbeing formed from different themes or roots, viz : the parts beginning with efrom eo, the root of the Greek eijii, and those beginning with/' from fuo, thesame as the Greek 6vw. In ancient times, this verb was conjugated//^,fuere, fui (fuvi ),fiitum. Fuere was contracted fore, and fuerem, forem ;and from futum, was formed futurus. Hence, also, the ancient formsfuverim, fuvero, &c.188.—§ 55. EXERCISES ON THE VERB SUM.1. Give the designation of the verb.— conjugate it;— give the tense, moodperson, number, and translation of the following icords, always observingthe same order; thus, Sum, verb intransitive, irregular, found in the