Perfect Passive Participle: amatus, ductus, captus

The Participle: Amatus, Ductus, Captus

Level 4

Take the fourth principal part and change -um to -us.

How It Works

The participle agrees with the noun it describes: puellam vocatam (the girl who has been called) and librum lectum (the book that has been read).

The fourth principal part is not predictable, so learn it with each verb: capio has captum, video has visum, and scribo has scriptum.

The next entry shows how the participle and sum make the perfect passive.

Marcus puellam vocatam videt.
Marcus sees the girl who has been called.
Vocatam agrees with puellam: accusative singular feminine.
Librum lectum in mensa video.
I see the book that has been read on the table.
Lectum agrees with librum.
Sacerdos populum benedictum videt.
The priest sees the people who have been blessed.
Benedictum agrees with populum: accusative singular masculine.
Pastores infantem inventum adorant.
The shepherds worship the baby they have found.
Inventum agrees with infantem: accusative singular masculine.
Epistula scripta in mensa est.
The written letter is on the table.
Scripta agrees with epistula.

Building the participle from the present stem.
Librum legitum video.
Librum lectum video.
The participle comes from the fourth principal part. The fourth principal part of lego is lectum, so the participle is lectus.
Leaving the participle in the wrong gender.
Marcus puellam vocatum videt.
Marcus puellam vocatam videt.
A participle agrees with its noun. Puellam is feminine, so the participle is vocatam.

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Perfect Passive Participle: amatus, ductus, captusLevel 4The Participle: Amatus, Ductus, Captus

The participle is the fourth dictionary form and declines like an adjective.

Patterns that build on this one.

-tusamoducocapiocaptus

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