-bam

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare fīō (“to become”).

Suffix

-bam

  1. used to form the imperfect indicative of most Latin verbs
    ‎amō (“to love”) + ‎-bam → ‎amābam (“I was loving”)

Conjugation

It correlates with the conjugation of the present subjunctive forms of the third conjugation:

Derived form 1s 2s 3s 1p 2p 3p
Imperfect active indicative -bam -bās -bat -bāmus -bātis -bant
Imperfect passive indicative -bar -bāris -bātur -bāmur -bāminī -bantur
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