2.  Quaeso, I entreat; quaesumus, we entreat.

3.  Cedo (2d sing.  Impv.), cette (2d plu.); give me, tell me.

4.  Salve, salvete, hail.  Also Infinitive, salvere.

5.  Have (ave), havete, hail.  Also Infinitive, havere.

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IMPERSONAL VERBS.

138.  Impersonal Verbs correspond to the English, it snows, it seems, etc. They have no personal subject, but may take an Infinitive, a Clause, or a Neuter Pronoun; as, me pudet hoc fecisse, lit. it shames me to have done this; hoc decet, this is fitting.  Here belong—­

I. Verbs denoting operations of the weather; as,—­

fulget fulsit it lightens tonat tonuit it thunders grandinat ——­ it hails ningit ninxit it snows pluit pluit it rains

II.  Special Verbs.

paenitet paenitere paenituit it repents piget pigere piguit it grieves pudet pudere puduit it causes shame taedet taedere taeduit it disgusts miseret miserere miseruit it causes pity libet libere libuit it pleases licet licere licuit it is lawful oportet oportere oportuit it is fitting decet decere decuit it is becoming dedecet dedecere dedecuit it is unbecoming refert referre retulit it concerns

III.  Verbs Impersonal only in Special Senses.

  constat constare constitit it is evident
  praestat praestare praestitit it is better
  juvat juvare juvit it delights
  apparet apparere apparuit it appears
  placet placere placuit it pleases
                              (placitum
                              est)
  accedit accedere accessit it is added
  accidit accidere accidit it happens
  contingit contingere contigit it happens
  evenit evenire evenit it turns out
  interest interesse interfuit it concerns

IV.  The Passive of Intransitive Verbs; as,—­

  itur lit. it is gone i.e. some one goes
  curritur lit. it is run i.e. some one runs
  ventum est lit. it has been come i.e. some one has come
  veniendum est lit. it must be come i.e. somebody must
          
                                      come
  pugnari potest lit. it can be fought i.e. somebody can
                                                fight