Master the Deponent Verb Participles

How to Make Present Participles for Deponent Verbs

1. Construct what the present active infinitive would be.

From sequor, the present infinitive is sequî, and the conjugation is third (marked in regular actives by -ere). Therefore, the present active infinitive form, if it existed, would be

sequere

2. Replace the final -re of the present infinitive with -ns and make (or keep) the preceding vowel long.

sequêns

3. Make the ending -iêns for fourth and third-io conjugations.

mentiêns
patiêns

Second Principal Part

Perfect Participle
derived from
Third Principal Part

  present ppl.

  perfect ppl.

  fut. passive ppl.

  fut. active ppl.

I

cônor

cônârî

  cônâtus sum

[cônâtus]

  cônâ-ns (trying)

  cônât-us (having tried)

  côna-ndus (to be tried)

  cônât-ûrus (about to try)

II

fateor

fatêrî

  fassus sum

[fassus]

  fatê-ns (confessing)

  fass-us (having confessed)

  fate-ndus (to be confessed)

  fass-ûrus (about to confess)

III

sequor

sequî

secûtus sum

[secûtus]

  sequê-ns (following)

  secût-us (having followed)

  seque-ndus (to be followed)

  secût-ûrus (about to follow)

IV

largior

largîrî

  largîtus sum

[largîtus]

  largiê-ns (bestowing)

  largît-us (having bestowed)

  largie-ndus (to be bestowed)

  largît-ûrus (about to bestow)

III-io

patior

patî

  passus sum

[passus]

  patiê-ns (suffering)

  pass-us (having suffered)

  patie-ndus (to be suffered)

  pass-ûrus (about to suffer)