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.: 'have§ 81 PERFECTS AND SUPINES. 167from the general rule. By committing a portion of these to memory ever)day, to be recited with the ordinary lesson, and repeating this exercise inrevivals till the whole is inwrought into the memory, much future labor wihbe saved ;and this can be done in a few weeks, without at all interferingwith the regular recitations. When the composition of a verb changes itsform, it is noticed at the foot of the page, to which reference is made bynumbers.]FIRST CONJUGATION.216.—Rule. Verbs of the first conjugation have dvi in theperfect, and atum in the supine ;Amo, amare, amavi, amatum, To love.Muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatum, To change.as,Exceptions.The tenses of some verbs included in the lists of Exceptions are alsofound, especially in the earlier authors, conjugated according to th6General Rules. The form here given is that which is in common usePre?Do, 1Sto, 2Lavo,Inf.dare,stare,j lavare,( lavere,Perf.dedi,steti,!• lavi,Poto, potare, potavi,Juvo, 3Cubo, 4juvare,cubare,uvi J >cubui,Sup.datum, To give.statum, To stand.lotum,lautum, V To wash.lavatum,)j potum, or ) Tq drintpotatum, I Jjiitum,cubitum,To assist.To lie.1Circvrudo, " to surround ;" jpessundo, " to ruin ;" saiisdo. " to give surety ;"and venundo, " to sell," are conjugated like do. The other compounds belongto the third conjugation, and have didi in the perfect, and ditum in thesupine ;as, obdo, abdere,abd'dum, abdidi, "to hide ;" reddo, reddidit rcdditum,"to give back."2 The compounds of sto have stiti in the perfect, and statum in the supineas, eonsto, constiti, constatvm. " to stand together.";Some of the compoundshave occasionally stitum in the supine ; as, praisto, prwstiti, p?'cestitum orprcestatvm, " to stand before,'' " to excel."JAdsto, " to stand by ;" insto, " tourge on," and resto, " to remain over and above." have no supine. Antesto,"to stand before;" circumsto, "to stand round;" intersto, "to stand between;" and supersto, " to stand over," h ve steti in the perfect ; and the firsttwo, and probably the others also, want the supine. JJisto, "to be distant,"and substo. " to stand under, neither perfect nor supine.s The supine juturn is doubtful, as the future participle isjwvaturus. Adjuvohas aajutum only, and adjuturus.4 In the same manner, those compounds are conjugated which do notassume an m ; as, accubo, " to lie next to:" e.rci/bo, " to watch ;" incubo, " to lieupon ;" recubo, "to lie down again ;" seciibo, "to lie apart." The compoundswhich assume an m belong to the third conjugation, and have ui and Humin the perfect and supine ; as, incumbo, incubui, incubitum, " to lie upon."