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The compound roots are Causals, formed by prefixing pyn to the simple root; as iap, die; pyniap, kill. Frequentatives, formed by prefixing iai; as iam, weep; iai iam, weep continually. Inceptives, by prefixing man; as stad, be wise; manstad, grow wise. Reciprocals, by prefixing ia; as ieit, love; ia-ieit, love one another. Intensives, by prefixing tim particle kyn, lyn, syn, tyn.
The reader will appreciate the value of these from the continual references to Gellius which have been made in this work. 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.
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