1stconjugation

The 1st conjugation is a class of Latin verbs whose present active infinitive ends in -āre. It is the largest and most regular conjugation group in classical Latin, containing many common verbs such as amāre (to love), parāre (to prepare), vocāre (to call), and portāre (to carry).

In the present system, the present indicative active endings are -ō, -ās, -at, -āmus, -ātis, -ant, attached to the present stem formed by removing -re from the infinitive and adding an -ā- vowel. Thus amō, amās, amat, amāmus, amātis, amant. The imperfect active uses -ābam, -ābās, -ābat, -ābāmus, -ābātis, -ābant, and the future active uses -ābō, -ābis, -ābit, -ābimus, -ābitis, -ābunt (e.g., amābō, amābis, amābit).

Verbs of the 1st conjugation form their perfect active stem with -āv-, giving amāvī, amāvistī, amāvit, amāvimus, amāvistis, amāvērunt. The pluperfect active is formed with -eram, -erās, -erat, -erāmus, -erātis, -erant, and the future perfect with -erō, -eris, -erit, -erimus, -eritis, -erint.

The passive voice uses corresponding endings: present passive -or, -āris, -ātur, -āmur, -āminī, -antur; imperfect passive -ābar, -ābāris, -ābātur, -ābāmur, -ābāminī, -ābantur; future passive -ābor, -āberis, -ābitur, -ābimur, -ābiminī, -ābuntur. The perfect passive participle for 1st conjugation is -ātus, as in amātus sum.

Principal parts typically cited for representatives are amō, amāre, amāvī, amātum. The 1st conjugation also includes many regularly formed verbs and is widely used in Latin prose and poetry.