Latin conjugation of 'amare' (singular forms)
A grammar drill of the verb 'to love', written in pen and upside down.
This leaf is filled, upside down and in pen, with Leonardo drilling the singular persons of the Latin verb 'amare' ('to love'). He runs the first, second and third person singular through every tense and mood — present (amo, amas, amat), imperfect (amabam), perfect (amavi), pluperfect (amaveram), future (amabo), the imperatives (ama; amato), and the subjunctives (amem, amarem, amaverim, amavissem, amavero). A faint red-chalk drawing shows through from the previous page.
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Singular conjugation of 'amare' across the tenses
Leonardo drives the singular forms of 'amare' through the whole verb: present, imperfect and perfect indicative, then future, imperative, and the several subjunctives. It is a schoolroom grammar exercise, the stem written once and the personal endings drilled beside it.