Review

Conjugations

• 1st Conjugation- amo/ I love, amare/ to love, amavi/ I have loved, amatus/ loved
• 2nd Conjugation- sedeo/ I sit, sedere/ to sit, sedi/ I have sat, sessurus/ sitting (long)
• 3rd Conjugation- curro/ I run, currere/ to run, cucurri/ I have run, cursurus/ running (short)
• 4th Conjugation- audio/ I hear, audire/ to hear, audi/ I have heard, auditus/ hearing

The third conjugation is the most popular conjugation.  

If the the first principal part ends in -eo, it is second conjugation.  If it ends in -o, it is third.

Notes on Conjugations

narro, narrare, narravi, narratus

sedeo, sedere, sedi, sessurus

arcesseo, arcessere, arcesi, arcessus

puto, putare, putavi, putatus

nuntio, nuntiare, nuntiavi, nuntiatus

accipio, accipere, accipi, accipitus

persuadeo, persuadere, persuadii, persuaditus

sto, stare, stavi, status

debeo, debere, debi, debitus

possum, posse, potui, poturus

perio, perire, pedi, peditus

Battle of Alesia (Jelly Donut Siege)

• Circumvallation on the inside, contravallation on the outside
• Siege warfare- surround the town and starve them out
• The Romans were greatly outnumbered

Declension

• 1st Declension
• All feminine nouns, except those denoting profession (sailor, farmer)
• 2nd Declension
• Masculine and neuter
• Masculine end in -us or -r
• Neuter ends in -um
• 3rd Declension
• Always ends in -is