Examples of Frequentatives
Frequentative form: imperitare, dicitare, dormitare. Simple form: imperare, dicere, dormire.Note the frequentative forms are usually 1st conjugation.
In Paul Allen Miller's review of Thomas Habinek's The World of Roman Song, in American Journal of Philology, Volume 127, Number 4, a distinction is drawn between the verb cano 'to sing one's own song (carmen)' and the verb canto 'to repeat the song of another.'
