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§260. Denominative Verbs

A few verbs of the Second Conjugation (generally intransitive) are recognizable as formed from noun-stems; but most are inherited, or the primitive noun-stem is lost:—

  • albeō, -ēre, to be white, from albus (stem ( albo/e-), white.
  • cāneo, -ēre, to be hoary, from cānus (stem ( cāno/e-), hoary.
  • clāreō, -ēre, to shine, from clārus, bright.
  • claudeō, -ēre, to be lame, from claudus, lame.
  • algeō, -ēre, to be cold, cf. algidus, cold.

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.