Editing Defective verb (section)

== Latin ==
[[Latin]] has defective verbs that possess forms only in the [[perfect (grammar)|perfect]] tense; such verbs have no present tense forms whatsoever. These verbs are still present in ''meaning''. For example, the first-person form ''odi'' ("I hate") and infinitive ''odisse'' ("to hate") appear to be the perfect of a hypothetical verb ''*odo/odio'', but in fact have a present-tense meaning.  Similarly, the verb ''memini'', ''meminisse'' is conjugated in the perfect, yet has a present meaning:

{{block indent|meminī}}
{{block indent|meministī}}
{{block indent|meminit}}
{{block indent|meminimus}}
{{block indent|meministis}}
{{block indent|meminērunt}}

Instead of the past-tense "I remembered", "you remembered", etc., these forms signify the present-tense "I remember", "you remember", etc.  Latin defective verbs also possess regularly formed [[pluperfect]] forms with simple past tense meanings and [[future perfect]] forms with simple future tense meanings. Compare [[deponent verb]]s, which are passive in form but active in meaning.

The verb ''coepī'', ''coepisse'', which means "to have begun" or "began", is another verb that lacks a present tense system. However, it is not present in meaning. The verb ''incipiō'', ''incipere'' ("I begin," "to begin") is used in the present tense instead. This is not a case of [[suppletion]], however, because the verb ''incipere'' can also be used in the perfect.

The verbs ''inquit'' and ''ait'', both meaning "said", cannot be conjugated through all forms. Both verbs lack numerous inflected forms, with entire tenses and voices missing altogether.