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A-Conjugation (1)

This is a deponent verb. It gave up ("deponere") its active forms (even though they still exist). Such verbs occur in passive voice but are translated in active voice.

For example: "loquor" (Form analysis: 1. Person Sg. Present Passive, "to say") translates to: "I say", NOT "I am said" because it is a deponent verb.

Active
Passive

Person	Singular	Plural
1.
2.
3.

Infinitives

	Active	Passive
Simult. (Present)	conare	conari
Anter. (Perfect)	-	conatum esse
Post. (Future)	conaturum esse	conatum iri

Participles

Sg.	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl.	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg.	Gerund
Nom.	conare
Gen.	conandi
Dat.	conando
Acc.	conandum
Voc.	conare
Abl.	conando

Gerundive

Singular
Plural

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

	Singular	Plural
Imperative	cona!	conate!

	Supinum
Type I	conatum
Type II	conatū

Example Sentences

tamen haesitans et in me impetum impeditus facere conabitur, resistam et aut concedente aut etiam adiuvante Milone eius conatum refutabo: velut hesterno die cum mihi stanti tacens minaretur, voce tantum attigi legum initium et iudici.

~ Cicero, Oratio De Harvspicvm Responso

Etsi video Boëthum Stoicum esse conatum, qui hactenus aliquid egit, ut earum rationem rerum explicaret, quae in mari caelove fierent.

~ Cicero, De Divinatione Liber Prior

Et conatum sibi esse scit: quis sit aut unde sit nescit.

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber XX

mmortales, quae flamma, quae vastitas quae pestis Graeciae fuisset, nisi incredibilis ac divina virtus furentis hominis conatum atque audaciam compressisset!

~ Cicero, Philippic X

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