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A-Conjugation (1)

Tenses

Indicative
Subjunctive

Active
Passive

Person	Singular	Plural
1.
2.
3.

Infinitives

	Active	Passive
Simult. (Present)	delectare	delectari
Anter. (Perfect)	delectavisse	delectatum esse
Post. (Future)	delectaturum esse	delectatum 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.	delectare
Gen.	delectandi
Dat.	delectando
Acc.	delectandum
Voc.	delectare
Abl.	delectando

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

Imperatives & Supina

	Singular	Plural
Imperative	delecta!	delectate!

	Supinum
Type I	delectatum
Type II	delectatū

Example Sentences

Quomodo danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est, cui datur, ita accipienti adhibenda contio est; quod pudet debere, ne acceperis.

~ Seneca, On Benefits II

Denique non omnes eadem mirantur amantque; carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, ille Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro.

~ Horace, Epistulae II

'Dulce est': quam expressa vox, quam ex imis visceribus emissa non expertae tantum sed delectatae!

~ Seneca the Elder, Liber VI

fuit ut urbi quoque esset ornamento; nam ipsa Messana, quae situ moenibus portuque ornata sit, ab his rebus quibus iste delectatur sane vacua atque nuda est.

~ Cicero, In Verrem II.4

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