Master the Deponent Verb Participles

(cf. Wheelock 34)

For the idea of Latin participles, click here.

For the participles from non-deponent verbs click here.

How to Make Present Participles for Deponent Verbs

1. Construct what the present active infinitive would be.

From sequor, the present infinitive is sequî, and the conjugation is third (marked in regular actives by -ere). Therefore, the present active infinitive form, if it existed, would be

    sequere

2. Replace the final -re of the present infinitive with -ns and make (or keep) the preceding vowel long.

    sequêns

3. Make the ending -iêns for fourth and third-io conjugations.

    mentiêns
    patiêns

To make the other participles from deponent verbs:

Future passive participle: Replace -ns of the present participle with -ndus, a, um.

Perfect participle: Take it directly from the participial form in the third principal part.

Future active participle: Change the -us, a, um of the perfect participle to -ûrus, a, um.

Study the chart below and observe the patterns.

		Second Principal Part		Perfect Participle derived from Third Principal Part
		present ppl.		perfect ppl.
		fut. passive ppl.		fut. active ppl.

I	cônor	cônârî	cônâtus sum	[cônâtus]
		cônâ-ns (trying)		cônât-us (having tried)
		côna-ndus (to be tried)		cônât-ûrus (about to try)
II	fateor	fatêrî	fassus sum	[fassus]
		fatê-ns (confessing)		fass-us (having confessed)
		fate-ndus (to be confessed)		fass-ûrus (about to confess)
III	sequor	sequî	secûtus sum	[secûtus]
		sequê-ns (following)		secût-us (having followed)
		seque-ndus (to be followed)		secût-ûrus (about to follow)
IV	largior	largîrî	largîtus sum	[largîtus]
		largiê-ns (bestowing)		largît-us (having bestowed)
		largie-ndus (to be bestowed)		largît-ûrus (about to bestow)
III-io	patior	patî	passus sum	[passus]
		patiê-ns (suffering)		pass-us (having suffered)
		patie-ndus (to be suffered)		pass-ûrus (about to suffer)

Show me the participles from non-deponent verbs.

Explanation page on participles

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