5. Havē (avē), havēte, hail. Also Infinitive, havēre.
IMPERSONAL VERBS.
[138]. Impersonal Verbs correspond to the English, it snows, it seems, etc. They have no personal subject, but may take an Infinitive, a Clause, or a Neuter Pronoun; as, mē pudet hōc fēcisse, lit. it shames me to have done this; hōc decet, this is fitting. Here belong—
I. Verbs denoting operations of the weather; as,—
| fulget | fulsit | it lightens |
| tonat | tonuit | it thunders |
| grandinat | —— | it hails |
| ningit | ninxit | it snows |
| pluit | pluit | it rains |
II. Special Verbs.
| paenitet | paenitēre | paenituit | it repents |
| piget | pigēre | piguit | it grieves |
| pudet | pudēre | puduit | it causes shame |
| taedet | taedēre | taeduit | it disgusts |
| miseret | miserēre | miseruit | it causes pity |
| libet | libēre | libuit | it pleases |
| licet | licēre | licuit | it is lawful |
| oportet | oportēre | oportuit | it is fitting |
| decet | decēre | decuit | it is becoming |
| dēdecet | dēdecēre | dēdecuit | it is unbecoming |
| rēfert | rēferre | rētulit | it concerns |
III. Verbs Impersonal only in Special Senses.
| cōnstat | cōnstāre | cōnstitit | it is evident |
| praestat | praestāre | praestitit | it is better |
| juvat | juvāre | jūvit | it delights |
| appāret | appārēre | appāruit | it appears |
| placet | placēre |
placuit (placitum est) | it pleases |
| accēdit | accēdere | accessit | it is added |
| accidit | accidere | accidit | it happens |
| contingit | contingere | contigit | it happens |
| ēvenit | ēvenīre | ēvēnit | it turns out |
| interest | interesse | interfuit | it concerns |