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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...Gallis incolebatur. 5. Heri opus cGnfecl totum quod tu me facere volebas. 6. Naturam loci timemus per quem domum Ibimus. 7. Angustus enim est atque paludibus undique continetur. 8. Vix per hunc locum ad salutem perveniemus. 9. Nuntium quem ad me attulistl heri a compluribus aliis audlveram. 10. Neque meliores neque fortiores viri invenlri possunt quam ii quos in nostro exercitu habemus. LESSON IiXXII. THE IMPERATIVE MOOD. 395. The Imperative Mood. The Imperative is the name given to those forms of the verb which are used in giving direct commands, as Advance! Break through the line I 396. Formation. The imperative is formed by adding the following terminations to the present stem, as found by removing the termination-re (or-se) of the present infinitive active. Active. 1 The second person singular of the active imperative has no termination, being the simple stem; as ama (from amSre), es (from esse), etc. The third conjugation changes the stem-vowel to-i-in all forms except the second person singular present, where it is-e-, and the third person plural future, where it becomes-u-. The fourth conjugation adds-u-to the stem-vowel in the third person plural future. 397. Exercise. Write paradigms of the imperative, ' active and passive, of armo, arm, deled, destroy, capio, take, and audio, hear. 398. Imperative of the Irregular Verbs. The imperative of sum is formed by adding the terminations to the present stem, es-. The third person plural of the future is sunto. Possum, volo, and malo have no imperative. Dicd, diicd, facio, and fero have dic, due, fac, and fer in the singular of the present, instead of dlce, etc. The other forms of the imperative of fero follow the principle stated in 384. The imperative of fid follows the rule for..."