Secunda · Unit 2 · Lesson 1

Captus: the perfect participle

A verb used as an adjective: urbs capta, “the captured city”.

You will be able to

  • Form the perfect passive participle from the fourth principal part
  • Make it agree with its noun
  • Translate it with “having been”, or as a clause

New words

  • hostis, hostis, m. enemy; in the plural, the enemyEnglish: hostile
  • dux, ducis, m. leader, generalEnglish: duke
  • relinquō, relinquere, relīquī, relictum to leave behind, abandonEnglish: relinquish, relic
  • interficiō, interficere, interfēcī, interfectum to kill
  • trādō, trādere, trādidī, trāditum to hand over, surrenderEnglish: tradition, traitor
  • fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitum to flee, run awayEnglish: fugitive, refuge
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