Of Verbs Defective.

VErbs called Inceptives ending in sco, borrow thir Preterperfect Tense from the Verb whereof they are deriv'd, as tepesco tepui from tepeo, ingemisco ingemui from ingemo; as also these Verbs, cerno to see, vidi from video, sido sedi from sedeo, fero tuli from tulo out of use, in the Supine Page  35 latum, tollo sussuli sublatum from suffero.

These want the Preterperfect Tense.

Verbs ending in asco, as puerasco; in isco, as sa∣tisco; in urio, except parturio, osurio: these also, vergo, ambigo, ferio, furo, polleo, nideo, have no Pre∣terperfect Tense.

Contrary, these four, Odi, caepi, novi, memini, are found in the Preterperfect Tense only, and the Tenses thence deriv'd, as odi, oderam, oderim, odissem, odero, odisse, except memini, which hath memento mementote in the Imperative.

Others are defective both in Tense and Person, us Aio, ais, ait, Plur. aiunt. The Preterimperfect aiebam is intire. Imperative, ai. Potential, aia•…, aiat, Plur. •…iamus, aiant.

Ausim for ausus sim, ausis, ausit, Plur. ausint.

Salveo, salvebis, salve salveto, salvete salvetote, salvere.

Ave aveto, avete avetote.

Faxo, faxis, faxit, faxint.

Quaeso, Plur. quaesimus.

Infit, infiunt

Inquio or inquam, inquis inquit, Plur inquiunt. Inquibat, Cic Topic. inquisti, inquit. Future, in∣quies, inquiet Imperat. Inque inquito. Potent Inquia•….

Dor the first person Passive of do, and for before faris or fare in the Indicative, are not read, nor d•… or fer in the Potential.