Present Active Imperative

 

Singular imperative = present stem

e.g., laudō, laudāre, “to praise” à laudāre à laudāre à laudā

Plural imperative = 2d person plural

e.g., laudāre à laudāre à laudā + te à laudāte

 

mē, pronoun, me

quid pronoun, what

nihil, noun, nothing

nōn, adverb, not

saepe, adverb, often

, conjunction, if

amō, amāre, to love, like

cogitō, cogitāre, to think, ponder, consider, plan (cog­itate)

debeō, debēre, debuī, dēbitum, to owe, ought, must (debt, debit)

dō, dāre, dedī, datum, to give, offer

errō, errāre, to wander, err, go astray, be mistaken (erratic, error)

laudō, laudāre, to praise

moneō, monēre, to remind, advise, warn (admonish, admo­nition)

salveō, salvēre, to be well, be in good health; salvē, salvēte, hello, greetings (salvation, salve)

servō, servāre, to preserve, save, keep, guard (reserve, res­ervoir)

conservō, conservāre (con-servō), a stronger form of servō, to preserve, conserve, maintain (conservative, conservation)

terreō, terrēre, to frighten, terrify (terrible, terrific, terror, deter)

valeō, valēre, to be strong, have power; be well; va1ē (valēte), good-bye, farewell (valid, invalidate, prevail, prevalent, valedictory)

videō, vidēre, to see, observe, understand (provide, evident, view, review)

vocō, vocāre, to call, summon (vocation, advocate, vocabu­lary)

 

SENTENTIAE (SENTENCES)

1.    Labor mē vocat.

2.    Monē mē, si errō.

3.  Festīnā lentē. (A saying of Augustus.—festinō, festināre, to hasten, make haste. lentē, adv., slowly)

4.  Laudās mē; culpant mē. (culpō, culpāre, to blame, censure.)

5.  Saepe peccamus. (peccō, peccāre, to sin.)

6.  Quid debēmus cogitare?

7.    Cōnservāte mē!

8.    Rūmor volat. (volō, volāre, to fly)

9.    Mē nōn amat.

10. Nihil mē terret.

11.  Apollō mē servat.

12.  Quid vidētis? Nihil vidēmus.

13.  Saepe nihil cōgitās.

14.  Bis dās, sī cito dās. (bis, adv., twice. —cito, adv., quickly)

15.  Sī valēs, valeō.

16.  What does he see?

17.  They are giving nothing.

18.  You ought not to praise me.

19.  If I err, he often warns me.

20.  If you love me, save me.