#ācti-tāre#, _act often_ (#ācto-#); #facti-tāre#, _do repeatedly_
(#facto-#); #lēcti-tāre#, _read again and again_ (#lēcto-#);
#ūncti-tāre#, _anoint often_ (#ūncto-#). From a frequentative another
frequentative is sometimes derived: as, #dict-āre#, _dictate_,
#dicti-tāre#, _keep asserting_ (#dicto-#).
374. Some verbs are found only as frequentatives: as, #gust-āre#,
_taste_ (#*gusto-#, √#gus-#, _taste_); #put-āre#, _think_ (#puto-#,
√#pu-#, _clean_); #aegrōt-āre#, _be ill_ (#aegrōto-#).
375. A few verbs in #-uriō#, #-urīre#, express desire; such are called
_Desideratives_: as, #ēss-urīre# or #ēs-urīre#, _want to eat_ (#edere#,
#ēsse#). A few in #-ssō#, #-ssere#, express earnest action; such are
called _Meditatives_: as, #lacē-ssō#, #lacē-ssere#, _provoke_.
[Erratum:
365 (table) ... albē-re, _be white_ albo-, N. albus
N albus]