Pro Caelio - Chapter XV.36 (W. Englert ed.) - exercise 1

exercise: verbs/principal parts

exercise type: fill in the blanks


Write the principal part of the verbs used by Cicero in chapter XV.36 (they are listed in the same sequence as they appear in chapter 36. If the same verb occurrs twice, it is not repeated). Be sure to write all the principal parts (spelled out) with a space between each of them (no commas!). Example: amo amare amavi amatum (to love)


1. (to act)

2. (to prefer)

3. (to remove)

4. (to take)

5. (to be)

6. (to love)

7. (not to know)

8. (to think, believe)

9. (to sleep, lie down)

10. (to consider)

11. (to speak)

12. (to make a commotion)

13. (to act crazily, be out of one's mind)

14. (to start, begin, embark on)

15. (to make)

16. (to notice with the eyes, catch sight of)

17. (to push, strike)

18. (to see)

19. (to wish, want)

20. (to have, hold, keep)

21. (to tie fast, bind)

22. (to be able, can)

23. (to be refractory, kick with the heels)

24. (to reject, be disdainful of; lit. to spit, spew out)

25. (to drive away, reject)

26. (to carry; to take oneself, go)

27. (to set, provide, prepare)

28. (to swim)

29. (to come)

30. (to be permitted)

31. (to pick, choose)

32. (to disdain, scorn)