Third conjugation verbs
Verbs from the third conjugation end ‘–ere’.
When the ‘-ere’ is removed, the stem is either a consonant
or ‘u’.
| cognoscere |
to know, get to know |
| concedere |
to concede, grant, allow |
| dicere |
to say |
| mittere |
to send |
| ostendere |
to show |
| petere |
to require, seek, petition |
| reddere |
to give back, pay |
| solvere |
to pay |
To conjugate these verbs
- Remove the ‘-ere’ to find the stem
- Add these endings
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| -o |
I |
| -is |
you (singular) |
| -it |
he/she/it |
| -imus |
we |
| -itis |
you (plural) |
| -unt |
they |
Look at our example of concedere to concede
| Latin |
English |
| concedo |
I concede |
| concedis |
you concede (singular) |
| concedit |
he/she/it concedes |
| concedimus |
we concede |
| conceditis |
you concede (plural) |
| concedunt |
they concede |
| regina totum manerium Westmonasterii magistro Stephano concedit |
The queen concedes the whole manor of Westminster to master Stephen |
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| vidue predictas terras filiabus domini non reddunt |
The widows do not surrender the aforesaid lands to the daughters of the lord. |
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| nos Edwardus et Johanna tres marcas domino novo solvimus |
We, Edward and Joanna, pay three marks to the new lord. |
Johanna, -e (f.) Joanna |
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| predicta vidua reginam novam petit |
the aforesaid widow petitions the new queen |
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| Maria dicit quod non habet cartam |
Mary says that she does not have the charter |
quod, because, that (after ‘to know’,‘to say’ etc.) |
Some third conjugation verbs are called ‘io’ verbs because they have different endings
- -io for the ‘I’ form (instead of –o)
- -iunt for the ‘they’ form (instead of –unt)
You are most likely to come across facere to make, do
novum testamentum facio |
I make a new will |
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