Latin B2: Loquor, sequor: deponent verbs · Words

Deponent verbs have passive forms but active meanings: loquor (I speak), loqueris, loquitur, loquimur, loquimini, loquuntur. The infinitive ends in -ri or -i (loqui, hortari), and the perfect uses the participle with esse: locutus sum (I spoke). Common ones: sequor (follow), hortor (encourage), proficiscor (set out), morior (die), nascor (be born), conor (try), utor (use, + ablative).

• loqui — to speak
• sequi — to follow
• hortari — to encourage, to urge
• proficisci — to set out
• mori — to die
• nasci — to be born
• conari — to try
• uti — to use

• Quid loqueris? — What are you talking about?
• Sequere me! — Follow me!
• Romae natus sum. — I was born in Rome.
• Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. — It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.