[986.] (d.) With the present stem in -io|e- ([836]).
| gradior, step | gradī | gressus |
| patior, suffer | patī | passus |
Compounds of these two verbs have e for a: as, ad-gredior, per-petior, per-pessus; for forms of -gredior in -īrī, see [791].
[II. Denominative Verbs.]
[987.] Most verbs in -āre, -ēre, and -īre (or in -ārī, -ērī, and -īrī), are denominatives.
[988.] Some primitives from vowel roots have the form of denominatives in the present system, or throughout; and some verbs with a denominative present system have the perfect and perfect participle formed directly from a root.
[(A.) PERFECT STEM WITHOUT A SUFFIX.]
[989.] (1.) The following verb in -āre has a reduplicated perfect stem ([859]):
| stō, stand | stāre | stetī | —— |