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Latin verbs lack the present passive and perfect active participles (deponents usually have the latter instead of a perfect passive one). This aspect of the language can be irritating to those of us who are interested in Latin composition! Greek has both kinds of participles,…

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   facteon – I *love* it!!!!

6. interretialia reblogged this from interretialia and added:

   Actually, deponents can form their present passive participles this way but not their perfect active participles.

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    reblogging to have this saved when I start studying latin

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    i’m ehhhhhhh about this idea, but i feel you, Katie. The phonetic alphabet uses a lot of Greek characters, and whenever...

15. et-haec reblogged this from interretialia and added:

    I just heard amāvōs, amāvotis as “amanos, amanotis” in my head… Good idea, though.

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    You know…I see the pros & cons in this…but if the Romans took Greek words & Latinized them, then who’s to say that,...