IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE.

849. The imperfect subjunctive stem ends in #-rē-#, which becomes #-re-#

in some of the persons: as,

#dare-m#, #darē-s#, #dare-t#, #darē-mus#, #darē-tis#, #dare-nt#;

#īre-m#, #fore-m#, #ferre-m#. In verbs in #-ere#, the #-rē-# is preceded

by a form ending in #-e-#: as, #regere-m#, #capere-m#; in verbs in

#-āre#, #-ēre#, and #-īre#, by one ending in #-ā-#, #-ē-#, or #-ī-#,

respectively: as, #laudāre-m#, #monēre-m#, #audīre-m#.

850. The suffix of the imperfect subjunctive of #sum#, _am_, is #-sē-#,

which becomes #-se-# in some of the persons; #esse-m#, #essē-s#,

#esse-t#, #essē-mus#, #essē-tis#, #esse-nt#; so also #ēssē-s#, &c.

(769). #volō#, _wish_, #nōlō#, _won’t_, and #mālō#, _prefer_, have

#velle-m#, #nōlle-m#, and #mālle-m# respectively (166, 8).

[Erratum:

850 ... respectively (166, 8).

(166, 8.)]

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