Semideponent Verbs
In addition to fully deponent verbs, there is a small group of semideponent verbs. As their name suggests, they are only half deponent. Their present system is regular, but their perfect system is deponent. sum to dare They, too, can be recognized by their principal parts. For example:
audeī , audē re, ausus sum (to dare)
The most common deponent and semideponent verbs are included in the vocabulary list in TABLE 14-9.
| audeō , audē re, ausus sum | to dare |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptum * | to begin |
| debeō, –ē re, –uī, –itum | to owe, ought, should, must |
| gaudeō , gaudē re, gā vī sus sum | to be happy, rejoice |
| gens, gentis, f. | family (as in clan) |
| gradior, gradī , grassus sum | to walk, step, go |
| familia, ae, f. | family (as in household, including slaves) |
| fiō , fierī,factus sum | to be made, be done, happen, become, be |
| inquam** | I say |
| irascor, irascī , irā tus sum | to become angry |
| iubeō, –ē re, iussī, iussum | to order |
| loquor, loquī , locū tus sum | to speak, talk |
| mī ror, mī rā rī , mī rā tus sum | to wonder, be amazed, stare at |
| morior, morī , mortuus sum | to die |
| nascor, nascī , nā tus sum | to be born |
| nā tus,–ī, m. | child, offspring |
| oculus, –ī, m. | eye |
| orior, orī rī , ortus sum | to rise, attack |
| parens, parentis, c. | parent |
| patior, patī , passus sum | to suffer, endure |
| pectus, pectoris, n. | chest, breast, heart |
| potis, –e | able, powerful |
| proprius, –a, –um | one's own, peculiar |
| sequor, sequī , secū tus sum | to follow |
| sō l, –is, m. | sun |
| soleō , solē re, solitus sum *** | to be in the habit of, to be accustomed |
| studium, –ī, n. | eagerness, enthusiasm |
| usque, adv. | thoroughly, continuously, all the way |
| ū tor, ū tī, ū |
to use (takes an ablative object) |
* Coepī
**
*** Soleō is most often seen with a complementary infinitive. It is best translated “usually” with its person, number, tense, mood, and voice transferred to its accompanying infinitive: Rus aestā te ī re solitī sumus. (“We usually went to the country in the summer.”)
**** ū
