1. Review- Verb Endings, Present Tense: 3 rd Conjugation Latin II Magister Henderson

2. Third Conjugation Verbs The third conjugation is the largest of Latin’s four verb groups. The theme vowel of the third conjugation is “e”, its infinitive form ends in “-ere”. However in most conjugated forms the “e” changes to “i”, except for the third person plural, which becomes “u”. There is a subclass of third conjugation verbs, called third conjugation “-iō”, which we will review with the fourth conjugation.

3. The Third Conjugation ponō, ponere = to put As mentioned, third conjugation verbs change the theme vowel “e” of the infinitive to “i” or “u”. The theme vowel disappears before the first person singular ending, just like in the first conjugation.

4. Third Conjugation Verbs agō, agere = to do [agent] ascendō, ascendere = to climb [ascend] cadō, cadere = to fall [decadence] currō, currere = to run [currency] dicō, dicere = to say [dictionary] discedō, discedere = to yield [cede] ducō, ducere = to lead [deduce] frangō, frangere = to break [fragment]

5. Third Conjugation Verbs gerō, gerere = to wear [belligerent] legō, legere = to read [legible] mittō, mittere = to send [transmit] pellō, pellere = to drive [repel] petō, petere = to seek [petition] ponō, ponere = to put [opponent] scribō, scribere = to write [scribe] sumō, sumere = to take up [assume]

6. Telling Them Apart Second conjugation verbs always have an “e” before the “-ō” of the first principal part. Second conjugation verbs have a present infinitive that ends with “–ēre”. Third conjugation verbs have a present infinitive that ends with “-ere”. Conjugation1 st Person SingularPresent Infinitive 2 nd Conjugationdoceōdocēre 3 rd Conjugationducōducere