Latin B1: Captus, missus: the perfect participle · Phrases

The perfect passive participle is the fourth form in the dictionary (amo, amare, amavi, amatus) and works like bonus: captus, capta, captum. With esse it makes the perfect passive: urbs capta est (the city was taken), milites victi sunt (the soldiers were defeated). It agrees with its noun in gender, number and case. On its own it shortens a clause: puella vocata venit (the girl, having been called, came).

• captus — captured
• missus — sent
• victus — defeated
• scriptus — written
• factus — done, made
• datus — given
• ductus — led
• liberatus — freed

• Servus liberatus est. — The slave was freed.
• Quid factum est? — What happened?
• Carthago a Romanis deleta est. — Carthage was destroyed by the Romans.
• Hostes victi fugerunt. — The defeated enemy fled.