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166 LIST OF YEKBS. § 816th. Di is used before d, a, /, m, n, v ; as, diduco, digladior. Dis and sometimesdi are used before r ; as, disrumpo, dirumpo ; likewise before j ; asdisjudwo, dijudico. Dis is used before c, p, q, s, t; as, discumbo. dispello.Before sp aud si, s is removed ;and before /, it is changed into/; as, displcio,disto, diffiteor. Before a vowel, it assumes r; as, dii'imo, fromemo.*7th. i? is found before b, d, g, I, m, n, r, and before j and v ; as, ebibo, educo,ejicio, eveho. Ex is used before vowels, and also before h, c,p, q, t, s ; as,exaro, exhibeo, exculio ; before/ x becomes/; as, efficio.8th. In sometimes changes n into the first letter of the simple verb ; as,illudo ; but before b, m, p, it changes n into m ; as, irnbibo, im?nineo, impleo.9th. Ob generally remains •unaltered. The b is sometimes omitted, as in1omitto; or changed into the first letter of the simple verb, as offero.10th. lie assumes d before d, also before a vowel, or h ; as, reddo, redamo,redeo, redliibeo. Pro, likewise, sometimes inserts d, as in prodeo.11th.Sub changes b into the initial consonant of the simple word, beforec,/ g, m,p, r ; as, succedo, snffei'o, suggero. Submitto and swnmitto, submoveoand summoveo, are both used.12th. Trans is generally contracted into tra, before d,j, n ; as, trado, trajicio, trano ; and sometimes before / and m ; as, traluceo, trameo. Post becomes pos in postuli. Few if any changes take place in the other prepositions. Other prefixes consist of verbs, as in calefacio, of caleo ; of adverbs,as in benefacio, from bene ; of participles and adjectives, as in mansuefaciofrom mausuetus, magnifico from magnus ; of substantives, as in significo,from signum ; of a preposition and noun, as in animadverto, from ad andanimus, with verio.§ 81. LIST OF VERBS IRREGULAR IN THE PER-FECT AND SUPINE.[Owing to the irregularity of many verbs in the perfect and supine in thethird conjugation, and of not a few in the other conjugations also, no rulesthat could be given would be of much practical utility. The only effectualway to attain accuracy and readiness in the conjugation of verbs, is, to committhe primary parts, or the conjugation accurately from the Dictionary. Tobe able to do this, as soon as possible, is of great importance to every scholar;and it is not a task of so great difficulty as might be supposed. The followinglist contains all the simple verbs lhat vary, in the perfect and supine,