| petō, aim at | petere | petīvī | petītus |
In the perfect, sometimes petiī (Cic., Ov., Liv., Val. Fl., Plin. Ep.), PETIEI (inscr.), petī late (Sen., Stat.); petiit (Cic., Hor., Tac., Suet.), petīt (Verg., Ov., Phaedr., Sen., Luc., Suet.), petiisse (Verg., Hor., Ov., Val. Fl., Stat.).
| quaerō, inquire | quaerere | quaesīvī | quaesītus |
Compounds sometimes retain ae in old Latin, but usually have ī for ae throughout: as, con-quīrō, con-quīrere, &c.
[968.] (b.) With the present stem in -sco|e- ([834]).
| ab-olēscō, vanish away | ab-olēscere | ab-olēvī | —— |
| ad-olēscō, grow up | ad-olēscere | ad-olēvī | ad-ultus |
| con-cupīscō, hanker for | con-cupīscere | con-cupīvī | con-cupītus |
| -dormīscō, fall asleep | -dormīscere | -dormīvī | —— |
| ex-olēscō, grow out | ex-olēscere | ex-olēvī | ex-olētus |
| in-veterāscō, get set | in-veterāscere | in-veterāvī | —— |
| obs-olēscō, get worn out | obs-olēscere | obs-olēvī | obs-olētus adj. |
| quiēscō, get still | quiēscere | quiēvī | quiētus adjective |
| re-sipīscō, come to | re-sipīscere | re-sipīvī | —— |
| suēscō, get used | suēscere | suēvī | suētus |
| vesperāscit, gets dusk | vesperāscere | vesperāvit | —— |
[969.] (c.) With the present stem in -io|e- ([836]).
| cupiō, want | cupere | cupīvī | cupītus |
Once with a form in -īre ([791]), cupīret (Lucr.).
| sapiō, have a smack | sapere | sapīvī | —— |