1.4 always...never

quotiēns, how often; totiēns, so often

semper, numquam nōn, perpetuō, always, constantly

plērumque, ferē, generally, usually; quod ferē fit, as generally happens

vulgō, generally, commonly

saepe, persaepe, often; saepissimē, saepenumerō repeatedly, again and again

crēbrō, often (of a regular sequence)

trītus, common, commonplace, hackneyed

nōnnumquam, sometimes (fairly often)

interdum, quondam, subinde, identidem, occasionally, now and then, repeatedly

aliquandō, on certain occasions, sometimes (not often)

rārō, rarely

singulāris, rare, remarkable

semel et saepius, plūs quam semel, more than once

semel, once

umquam, ever; numquam, never; nec umquam, and never

q.v. custom, usual, unusual 49.1

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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