Editing Latin conjugation (section)

====Perfect tenses====
The three {{lang|la|perfectum}} tenses of the 1st conjugation go as in the following table:

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!colspan="3"|Indicative
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!colspan="2"|Subjunctive
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||||'''Perfect'''||'''Future perfect'''||'''Pluperfect'''||||'''Perfect'''||'''Pluperfect'''
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!rowspan=2|Active
||||''I loved''||''I will have loved''||''I had loved'' || ||''I loved''||''I had loved''
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|''I<br />you sg.<br />he, she, it<br />we<br />you pl.<br />they''
|'''{{lang|la|amāvī<br />amāvistī<br />amāvit<br />amāvimus<br />amāvistis<br />amāvērunt/-ēre|italic=no}}*'''
|'''{{lang|la|amāverō<br />amāverīs/is<br />amāverit<br />amāverīmus/-imus<br />amāverītis/-itis<br />amāverint|italic=no}}'''
|'''{{lang|la|amāveram<br />amāverās<br />amāverat<br />amāverāmus<br />amāverātis<br />amāverant|italic=no}}'''
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|'''{{lang|la|amāverim<br />amāverīs<br />amāverit<br />amāverīmus<br />amāverītis<br />amāverint|italic=no}}'''
|'''{{lang|la|amā(vi)ssem*<br />amāvissēs<br />amāvisset<br />amāvissēmus<br />amāvissētis<br />amāvissent|italic=no}}'''
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!rowspan=2|Passive
||||''I was loved''||''I will have been loved''||''I had been loved'' || || ''I was loved''|| ''I had been loved''
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|''I<br />you sg.<br />he, she, it<br />we<br />you pl.<br />they''
|'''{{lang|la|amātus sum<br />amātus es<br />amātus est<br />amātī sumus<br />amātī estis<br />amātī sunt|italic=no}}'''
|'''{{lang|la|amātus erō<br />amātus eris<br />amātus erit<br />amātī erimus<br />amātī eritis<br />amātī erunt|italic=no}}'''
|'''{{lang|la|amātus eram<br />amātus erās<br />amātus erat<br />amātī erāmus<br />amātī erātis<br />amātī erant|italic=no}}'''
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|'''{{lang|la|amātus sim<br />amātus sīs<br />amātus sit<br />amātī sīmus<br />amātī sītis<br />amātī sint|italic=no}}'''
|'''{{lang|la|amātus essem<br />amātus essēs<br />amātus esset<br />amātī essēmus<br />amātī essētis<br />amātī essent|italic=no}}'''
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In poetry (and also sometimes in prose, e.g. [[Livy]]), the 3rd person plural of the perfect indicative is often '''{{lang|la|amāvēre|italic=no}}''' instead of '''{{lang|la|amāvērunt|italic=no}}'''. Occasionally the form '''{{lang|la|amāverunt|italic=no}}''' is also found.<ref>Gildersleeve & Lodge (1895), p. 91.</ref>

In early Latin, the future perfect indicative had a short ''i'' in '''{{lang|la|amāveris, amāverimus, amāveritis|italic=no}}''', but by the time of Cicero these forms were usually pronounced with a long ''i'', in the same way as in the perfect subjunctive.<ref>C.J. Fordyce (1961), ''Catullus'', note on Catullus 5.10.</ref> Virgil has a short ''i'' for both tenses; Horace uses both forms for both tenses; Ovid uses both forms for the future perfect, but a long ''i'' in the perfect subjunctive.<ref>Wackernagel (2009) ''Lectures on Syntax'', p. 305, note 7.</ref>

The ''-v-'' of the perfect active tenses sometimes drops out, especially in the pluperfect subjunctive: '''{{lang|la|amāssem|italic=no}}''' for '''{{lang|la|amāvissem|italic=no}}'''. Forms such as '''{{lang|la|amārat|italic=no}}''' and '''{{lang|la|amāstī|italic=no}}''' are also found.

The passive tenses also have feminine and neuter forms, e.g. '''{{lang|la|amāta est|italic=no}}''' "she was loved", '''{{lang|la|nūntiātum est|italic=no}}''' "it was announced".

Forms made with {{lang|la|fuī}} instead of {{lang|la|sum}} and {{lang|la|forem}} instead of {{lang|la|essem}} are also found, for example {{lang|la|'''amātus fuī''', '''amātus fuerō''', '''amātus forem'''|italic=no}} and so on, but these are not common in classical Latin. See [[Latin tenses]].

For other meanings of the perfect and pluperfect subjunctive, see [[Latin tenses#Jussive subjunctive]].

Other forms:

*Perfect infinitive active: '''{{lang|la|amāvisse|italic=no}}''' ('''{{lang|la|amāsse|italic=no}}''') "to have loved"
*Perfect infinitive passive: '''{{lang|la|amātus esse|italic=no}}''' ('''{{lang|la|amātum esse|italic=no}}''') "to have been loved"
*Perfect participle passive: '''{{lang|la|amātus, -a, -um|italic=no}}''' "loved (by someone)"