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Rh 160. The present, imperfect, and future active indicative of capiō are inflected as follows:


 * 1. Observe that capiō and the other -iō verbs follow the fourth conjugation wherever in the fourth conjugation two vowels occur in succession. (Cf. capiō, audiō ; capiunt, audiunt ; and all the imperfect and future.) All other forms are like the third conjugation. (Cf. capis, regis; capit, regit ; etc.)
 * 2. Like capiō, inflect


 * faciō, facere, make, do
 * fugiō, fugere, flee
 * iaciō, iacere, hurl
 * rapiō, rapere, seize

161. The Imperative Mood. The imperative mood expresses a command; as, ''come! send!'' The present tense of the imperative is used only in the second person, singular and plural. ''The singular in the active voice is regularly the same in form as the present stem. The plural is formed by adding -te to the singular.''
 * 1. In the third conjugation the final -ĕ- of the stem becomes -ǐ- in the plural.