Examples of Second Conjugation Verbs

Second conjugation -evi verbs

• deleo (2evi). vt. destroy.
• pleo (2evi). vt. fill.
• expleo (2evi). vt. fill up, satisfy.
• compleo (2evi). vt. fill up, supply.
• impleo (2evi). vt. fill.
• repleo (2evi). vt. refill, replenish.

Second conjugation -ui verbs

• appareo (2ui). vi. appear.
• careo (2ui). vi. lack, be without (+ gen. or abl.). (Sometimes used impersonally.)
• censeo, -ere, -ui, -us. vt. expect, assess, tax, register, propose.
• exerceo (2ui). vt., keep busy, supervise, train, practice.
• habeo (2ui). vt. have, hold, possess.

  It is not surprising that the Latin verb habere (to have) and derivative words have a number of English descendents. Among them are:

  • habit [< habitus, -us (custom) a supine (=abstract noun, gerundive) form];
  • debit [< debitus < de(hi)beo],
  • exhibit, exhibition [< exhibitus < exhibeo],
  • inhibit, inhibition [< inhibitus < inhibeo],
  • prohibit, prohibition [< prohibitus < prohibeo],

  English to have is unrelated despite its superficial similarity. The American Heritage Dictionary list the Proto-Indo-European root ghabh- for Latin habere and kap- for English to have.

• adhibeo (2ui). vt. apply, cite.
• cohibeo (2ui). vt. restrain, confine, repress.

  In case you happen to be suspicious of the vowel change from habeo to cohibeo, note that the risquée English verb to cohabit comes instead from the stem cohabit- of the first conjugation Latin verb cohabitare [< cum (with) + habitare (to live in, dwell)] and not from cohibit-, the stem of the fourth principal part of cohibeo. Curiously habitare does come from the supine form habitus, so cohibeo is a great uncle of cohabitare.

• debeo (2ui). vt. ought, owe. (contraction of dehibeo.)
• exhibeo (2ui). vt. display, exhibit.
• inhibeo (2ui). vt. restrain, control.
• perhibeo (2ui). vt. assert.
• praebeo (2ui). vt. offer, hold out. (contraction of praehibeo.)
• prohibeo (2ui). vt. hinder, prevent.
• liceor, liceri, licitus sum. vi. make an offer for, bid on.

licet, licere, licuit (licitum est). impers. it is permitted, one may. (A subject can be given in the dative, e.g., mihi licet, I may.
• misereor, misereri, miseritus sum. vi. pity (+ gen.).

miseret, miserere, miseruit, miseritum. impers. be a pity.
• moneo (2ui). vt. warn, remind.
• admoneo (2ui). vt. suggest.

  The past participle admonitus yields English admonish and admonition.

• pareo (2ui). vi. obey.
• pateo (2ui). vi. spread, extend, lie open.
• placeo (2ui). vi. please (+ dat.).
• taceo (2ui). vi. keep silent.
• teneo, -ere, -ui, tentus. vt. hold, keep, posses.
• attineo, -tinere, -tenui, -tentus. vt. hold on to, reach for, attain.
• detineo, -tinere, -tenui, -tentus. vt. hold up, detain, occupy.
• obtineo, -tinere, -tenui, -tentus. vt. keep up, hold on to, persist.
• pertineo, -tinere, -tenui, -tenturus. vi. reach, extend, pertain.
• retineo, -tinere, -tenui, -tentus. vt. hold back, restrain, retain.
• terreo (2ui). vt. frighten, alarm, terrify.
• absterreo (2ui). vt. scare away.
• deterreo (2ui). vt. scare away.
• exterreo (2ui). vt. scare thoroughly.
• perterreo (2ui). vt. frighten.
• timeo (2ui). vi. fear, be afraid (of).

Second conjugation -i verbs

• moveo, -ere, movi, motus. vt. move.
• removeo, -ere, removi, remotus. vt. move back, remove.
• sedeo, -ere, sedi, sessurus intr, sit.
• insideo, -sidere, -sedi, -sessurus. vi. sit on (+ dat.).
• spondeo, -ere, spospondi, sponsus. vt. pledge, affirm, swear, vow.
• despondeo, -dere, -di, -sus. vt. pledge, affirm, swear.
• respondeo, -dere, -di, -sus. vt. answer.
• video, -ere, vidi, visus. vt. see. passive seem, be seen.
• invideo, -ere, -vidi, -visus. vt. hate.
• provideo, -ere, -vidi, -visus. vt. foresee.

Other second conjugation verbs

• ardeo, -ere, arsi, arsus. vt. burn.
• fleo, -ere, flexi, fletus. vt. weep.
• maneo, -ere, mansi, mansus. vt. remain.
• remaneo, -ere, remansi, remansus. vt. remain.

  English remain is a descendant.