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74 THE INFINITIVE AND IMPERATIVE

174. The forms of the Present Infinitive, active and passive, are as follows:

Conj.	Pres. Stem	Pres. Infinitive Active	Pres. Infinitive Passive
I.	amā-	amā´re, to love	amā´rī, to be loved
II.	monē-	monē´re, to advise	monē´rī, to be advised
III.	rege-	re´gere, to rule	re´gī, to be ruled
	cape-	ca´pere, to take	ca´pī, to be taken
IV.	audī-	audī´re, to hear	audīrī, to be heard

1. Observe that to form the present active infinitive we add -re to the present stem.

a. The present infinitive of sum is esse. There is no passive.

2. Observe that the present passive infinitive is formed from the active by changing final -e to -ī, except in the third conjugation, which changes final -ere to -ī.

3. Give the active and passive present infinitives of doceō, sedeō, volō, cūrō, mittō, dūcō, mūniō, reperiō, iaciō, rapiō.

175. The forms of the Present Imperative, active and passive, are as follows:

Active^[1]

	Active[2]		Passive
CONJ.	SING.	PLUR.	SING.	PLUR.
I.	a´mā	amā´te	amā´re, be thou loved	amā´minī, be ye loved
II.	mo´nē	monē´te	monē´re, be thou advised	monē´minī, be ye advised
III.	re´ge	re´gite	re´gere, be thou ruled	regi´minī, be ye ruled
	ca´pe	ca´pite	ca´pere, be thou taken	capi´minī, be ye taken
IV.	au´dī	audī´te	audī´re, be thou heard	audī´minī, be ye heard

1. Observe that the second person singular of the present passive imperative is like the present active infinitive, and that both singular and plural are like the second person singular^[3] and plural, respectively, of the present passive indicative.

2. Give the present imperative, both active and passive, of the verbs in §174-3.

1. For the sake of comparison the active is repeated from § 161.
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3. That is, using the personal ending -re. A form like amāre may be either indicative, infinitive, or imperative.