§259. Denominative Verbs
- Verbs of the First Conjugation are formed directly from ā-stems, regularly with a transitive meaning: as, fuga, flight; fugāre, put to flight.
Many verbs of the First Conjugation are formed from o- stems, changing the o- into ā-. These are more commonly transitive:—
- stimulō, -āre, to incite, from stimulus, a good (stem stimulo-).
- aequō, -āre, to make even, from aequus, even (stem aequo-).
- hībernō, -āre, to pass the winter, from hībernus, of the winter (stem hīberno-).
- albō, -āre, to whiten, from albus, white (stem albo-).
- piō, -āre, to expiate, from pius, pure (stem pio-).
- novō, -āre, to renew, from novus, new (stem novo-).
- armō, -āre, to arm, from arma, arms (stem armo-).
- damnō, -āre, to injure, from damnum, injury (stem damno-).
A few verbs, generally intransitive, are formed by analogy from consonant and i- or u-stems, adding ā to the stem:—1
- vigilō, -āre, to watch, from vigil, awake.
- exsulō, -āre, to be in exile, from exsul, an exile.
- auspicor, -ārī, to take the auspices, from auspex (stem auspic-), augur.
- pulverō, -āre, to turn (anything) to dust, from pulvis (stem pulver- for pulvis-), dust.
- aestuō, -āre, to surge, boil, from aestus (stem aestu-), tide, seething
- levō, -āre, to lighten, from levis (stem levi-), light.
J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.