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In early Latin, a present subjunctive can also be used to make an unreal conditional referring to the present: [306] haud rogem tē, sī sciam (Plautus) [307] 'I wouldn't be asking you, if I knew' However, there was a gradual shift in usage, and in the classical period, and even sometimes in Plautus, the imperfect subjunctive is used in such ...
The present subjunctive edim, edīs, edit etc. is found mostly in early Latin. In writing, there is a possibility of confusion between the forms of this verb and those of sum "I am" and ēdō "I give out, put forth"; for example, ēsse "to eat" vs. esse "to be"; edit "he eats" vs. ēdit "he gives out".
The Latin perfect has a dual meaning. It can describe a past event with a present result (e.g. 'he has died (and is laying dead somewhere)') or a past event without a present result (e.g. 'he died (last year)'). The perfect of cōnsuēscō, cōnsuēvī 'I have grown accustomed', is also often used with a present meaning: [125]
I am here: i.e., "present!" or "here!" The opposite of absum ("I am absent"). adtigo planitia Lunae: I will reach the plains of the Moon: Insignia motto of the American IM-1 lunar mission. adversus solem ne loquitor: do not speak against the Sun: i.e., "do not argue what is obviously/manifestly incorrect." advocatus diaboli: Devil's advocate
I am loved: I am seen: I am led: I am captured: I am heard: Present tense passive I you sg. he, she, it we you pl. they: amor amāris amātur amāmur amāminī amantur: videor vidēris vidētur vidēmur vidēminī videntur: dūcor dūceris dūcitur dūcimur dūciminī ducuntur: capior caperis capitur capimur capiminī capiuntur: audior audīris ...
12 e Régiment Blindé du Canada (12th Canadian Armoured Regiment): Adsum (Latin for "I am present") Royal 22nd Regiment : Je me souviens ( French for "I remember") 31 Canadian Brigade Group : Pro aris et focis ( Latin for "for hearth and home")
Latin word order is relatively free. The verb may be found at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a sentence; an adjective may precede or follow its noun (vir bonus or bonus vir both mean 'a good man'); [5] and a genitive may precede or follow its noun ('the enemies' camp' can be both hostium castra and castra hostium; the latter is more common). [6]
Latin Example Meaning Comment 'indicative future' occultum tenēbō: present in future 'I will be keeping it hidden' future 'I will keep it hidden' 'indicative present' occultum teneō: present in present 'I am keeping it hidden' present 'I am keeping it hidden' 'indicative imperfect' occultum tenēbam: present in past 'I was keeping it hidden'