Bartholomew The Englishman

On the Phoenix

Latin Grammar: Present Participles

Est autem avis pulcerrima, pavoni in plumis similima, solitudinem diligens, granis et fructibus mundis cibum quaerens, de aqua narrat Alanus, quod cum Onias summus Pontifex in Heliopoli civitate Aegypti, templum ad similitudinem templi Hierosolymorum aedificasset, primo die azymorum, cum multa ligna aromatica super altare congregasset, et ignem ad offenrendum sacrificium succendisset, descendit in medium rogum talis avis, quae in igne sacrificii statim in cinerem est redacta...

Present Participles
The passage above  contains two present participles, diligens and quaerens.  Remembering that the present participle is formed from the present stem of a verb with the addition of -ns, ntis, etc. (third declension endings), and that it is generally translated in English as a verb with the -ing form (e.g.:  singing, playing, having...), complete the following chart,using the nominative singular form.  The first one is done for you.

  Verb Present Participle Translation
1. ambulo ambulans walking
2. diligo
3. quaero
4. dico
5. dormio
6. habeo

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