FUTURE PERFECT, shall have ruled; shall have been ruled.

PERFECT, may have ruled; may have been ruled.

PLUPERFECT, might have ruled; might have been ruled.

3. Paradigm of verbs in iŎ of the third conjugation. Căpěrě, to take: 1st root, căp; 2d, cēp; 3d, capt.

The other parts of verbs in iŏ are entirely regular

591. FOURTH CONJUGATION (Inf. ending īrě).

1. Regular endings of the 2d and 3d roots.

Audirě, to hear: 1st root, aud; 2d, audiv; 3d, audit.

PLUPERFECT, had heard; had been heard.

Audīv-ĕrāmus, Audit-us ĕrăm,* Audit-1 ĕrămus,

Audiv-ĕrăm,

Audiv-ĕrās,

Audiv-ĕrātĭs,

Audīt-ŭs ĕrās,

Audit-i ĕrātis,

PERFECT, may have heard; may have been heard. /

PLUPERFECT, might have heard; might have been heard.

Deponent verbs are such as have a passive form, but an active meaning. They take, however, all the four participles; e. g.,

1) Loquens, speaking; 2) lõcūtūs, having spoken; 3) lŏcatūrus, about to speak; 4) loquendus, to be spoken.

REM.-The past participle of a deponent verb is the participle of the perfect active. which other verbs do not have.

Irregular Verbs.

594. Paradigm of Possě,* to be able.

2d root, potu.

INDICATIVE.

Pres. Possum, potěs, potest, possumus, potestis, possunt.

Imp. põtĕrăm; Fut. põtěrỗ; Perf. põtu-i; Pluperf. põtu-ĕrăm; Fut. Perf potu-ĕră.

* For the conjugation of the simple verb, essè, see 586,