Experience III, Lesson 10: Irregular Imperatives
4 Irregular Imperative Verbs
A simplification was made early on in Latin of dropping the "-e" of 4 common imperatives, so that you will find the original form (as learned in Lesson I-21) only in the very earliest Latin manuscripts.
Note that all 4 are block III verbs.
| Verb | Imperative | Irregular | Plural
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| dico, dicere - say | dice | dic | dicite
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| duco, ducere - lead | duce | duc | ducite
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| facio, facere - make/do | face | fac | facite
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| fero, ferre - carry | fere | fer | ferte
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The B form (future) imperatives are all regular.
Note that ferte, the plural imperative is also irregular.
Examples
- Duc in altum! Set-out into the deep!
- dic nobis - tell us
- fer is often used in compounds: refer = bring it back; confer mihi = grant to me
Now go on to Homework 8
Third Experience Latin - Fr. Reginald Foster
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