New Latin Grammar, page 109 by Charles E. Bennett
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ly follows the Third Conjugation in its inflection; as oreris, _orÄtur_, _orÄmur_; orerer (Imp. Subj.); orere (Imper.). mÄ“tior mÄ“tÄ«rÄ« mÄ“nsus sum measure assentior assentÄ«rÄ« assÄ“nsus sum assent * * * * *
IRREGULAR VERBS.
124. A number of Verbs are called Irregular. The most important are sum, dÅ, edÅ, ferÅ, volÅ, nÅlÅ, mÄlÅ, eÅ, fÄ«Å. The peculiarity of these Verbs is that they append the personal endings in many forms directly to the stem, instead of employing a connecting vowel, as fer-s (2d Sing. of fer-Å), instead of fer-i-s. They are but the relics of what was once in Latin a large class of Verbs.
125. The Inflection of sum has already been given. Its various compounds are inflected in the same way. They are--
absum abesse ÄfuÄ« am absent _Pres. Partic_. absÄ“ns (absentis), absent. adsum adesse adfuÄ« am present dÄ“sum deesse dÄ“fuÄ« am lacking insum inesse Ä«nfuÄ« am in intersum interesse interfuÄ« am among praesum praeesse praefuÄ« am in charge of _Pres. Partic_. praesÄ“ns (praesentis), present obsum obesse obfuÄ« hinder prÅsum prÅdesse prÅfuÄ« am of advantage subsum subesse subfuÄ« am underneath supersum superesse superfuÄ« am left NOTE.--PrÅsum is compounded of prÅd (earlier form of prÅ) and sum; the d disappears before consonants, as prÅsumus; but prÅdestis.
126. Possum. In its Present System possum is a compound of pot- (for pote, able) and sum; potuī is from an obsolete potēre.
PRINCIP