frequentatives

[225] Respecting the frequentatives _ductare_ and _missitare_, which last is a secondary derivative from _mittere_ (as _currere, cursare, cursitare_), see Zumpt, S 231; and about _vitabundus_, S 248.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

The style of Gellius abounds with archaisms and rare words, _e. g., edulcare, recentari, aeruscator, adulescentes frugis, elegans verborum_, and shows an unnecessary predilection for frequentatives.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

If we recollect that this phenomenon extends over one-half of our planet, almost from pole to pole; if we consider the shades in the grammatical forms (the genders applied to the three persons of the verb, the reduplications, the frequentatives, the duals); it appears highly astonishing to find a uniform tendency in the development of intelligence and language among so considerable a portion of the human race.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

If we recollect that this phenomenon extends over one-half of our planet, almost from pole to pole; if we consider the shades in the grammatical forms (the genders applied to the three persons of the verb, the reduplications, the frequentatives, the duals); it appears highly astonishing to find a uniform tendency in the development of intelligence and language among so considerable a portion of the human race.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

(One cannot overlook the important frequentatives skitter and probable variant squitter ` to void thin excrement. ')

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3 1984