386 Latin Verbs: 4th Conjugation (-UI)

386 of the most frequently used irregular verbs in the Latin language with all four principal parts. These verbs belong to the 4th Conjugation: (salio, salire, salui, saltum). Note that the PERFECT ends in -UI. Note also that two of the verbs in this episode (salto and insulto) belong to the 1st Conjugation. They are built off of the fourth principal part (SALT-UM > SALT-ARE) or what would have been the fourth principal part (INSULT-UM > INSULT-ARE), if it existed. Such verbs denote repetitive or continuous action. This is why the verb SALTARE means "to dance," because dancing - for the Romans, at least - was an act of leaping and bounding continuously.