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Latin
Verb
ēsum
- accusative supine of edō
Verb
esum (hapax, obsolete)
- Alternative form of sum
40's BC,
Varro,
On the Latin language IX.57:
- Item male conferunt fui sum ero, quod fui est perfectum, cuius series sibi, ut debet, in omnibus partibus constat, quod est fueram fui fuero; de infectis sum quod nunc dicitur olim dicebatur esum et in omnibus personis constabat, quod dicebatur esum es est, eram eras erat, ero eris erit; sic huiusce modi cetera servare analogiam videbis.
- Likewise they are wrong to group fui/sum/ero together because fui, being a perfect, is actually in its own series, which is internally consistent as expected: fueram/fui/fuero. Of the non-perfects, sum was in olden times esum, hence it used to be consistent in all persons: esum-es-est/eram-eras-erat/ero-eris-erit. You will find that all other verbs follow this pattern .
Participle
ēsum
- inflection of ēsus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
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