Latin Irregular Conjugation Paradigm (esse)

Principal parts for esse, to be

Infinitives and Participles

Indicative Mood

The ending -unt in the perfect active (3 pl) is sometimes contracted to -e.

Subjunctive Mood

For the past subjective, the following forms are also found: forem, fores, ...

Imperative Mood

Compounds

• absum. be absent.
• adsum. be present.
• desum. fail at (+ dat.ve).
• insum. be in.
• intersum. be among (+ dat.ve).
• obsum. be against (+ dat.ve).
• possum, posse, potui. be able, can. (from pot- + esse.)
• praesum. be in charge of, preside over (+ dat.ve).
• prosum, prodesse, profui, profuturus. be useful for, be good for (+ dat.ve).
• subsum. be near (+ dat.ve).
• supersum. to survive (+ dat.ve).