Sect. 6.—Mode of learning the Conjugations and Declensions of a Language.
In the Latin infinitive are, ere, ire, are the terminations of the primary conjugations; there are two more in ĕre which are secondary. The first person singular is given by the termination o, as eo—deleo from delere; and io—audio fromaudiere; but we do not say amao from amare, but amo: a and o are two dependant vowels; the a is inerged in the o according to the genius of the language; for a labial cannot precede a lingual vowel. In eo and io there is first a lingual, and then a labial vowel, we consequently have:
amare—delere—audire—lambere -fugere
amo—deleo—audio—lambofugio
The preterperfect tense is terminated by vi, as amavi—delevi—audivi, except in the secondary conjugations which only change the o of the present tense into i; as lambo—lambi—fugio—fugi.
The supine is known by the termination tum, as, amatum—deletum—auditum—lambitum—fugitum. The personal characters are in the singular o (amo), m (amabam), s (amas-amabas,
