A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

frequens,-entis (adj.B), compar. frequentior,-ius (adj.B): often occurring or often done, occurring or done on many occasions; frequent, repeated, recurrent; common, usual, constant, regular; crowded, dense, full, closely packed; numerous, populous; compar. frequentior,-ius (adj.B); superl. frequentissimus,-a,-um (adj.A); magis (adv.) frequens, more frequently; creber, crebra, crebrum (adj.A), (of time) repeated, frequent; opp. infrequens,-entis (adj.B); opp. rarus,-a,-um (adj.A), far apart, scattered; rare, uncommon, scarce;

NOTE: often the double negative is used: non infrequens,-entis (adj.B), i.e. not infrequent = frequent.

- secus vias, agrorum margines etc. locis arenosis apricis passim, nec infrequens (S&A), along roads, the margins of fields, etc. far and wide in open, sandy places, not infrequent [i.e. not uncommon].

- una tantum vice, sed frequens, reperta in ramis emortuis Sambuci racemosae (S&A), only one time, but frequent [i.e. numerous], found on the dead branches of Sambucus racemosa.

- magis (adv.) frequens,-entis (adj.B): more frequent.

- minus (adv.) frequens,-entis (adj.B): less frequent.

- [Cnidoscolus; Euphorbiaceae] setae urticantes magnae atque mediae foliis, regmatibus atque inflorescentiis frequentes (Casas), urticant [i.e. stinging] bristles large and medium [i.e. sized], numerous on the leaves, fruits [i.e. regmata] and inflorescence.

- [Lepidium sativum] nunc in hortis Europae frequens cultum (DeCandolle), now frequent [i.e. common], cultivated in the gardens of Europe.

- [fungi] ad cortices Betulae, Fagi etc. hinc inde frequens (S&A), recurrent here and there on the bark of Betula, Fagus, etc.

- ramificatio frullanioidea frequens, frullanioid branching frequent [i.e. often occurring].

- Hab. sat frequens in Virginia, it grows quite frequently in Virginia.

- hanc quoque nonnisi semel, sed frequentem, aggregatam et sparsam, ad ligna pinea fabrefacta reperimus (S&A), this too we met with only once, but frequent, aggregated and scattered, constructed on piny wood.

- in canalibus Venetiorum frequentem legi (Agardh), I collected it populous in the canals of the Venetians.

- ad littora Galloprovincias frequentissima; ad oras Italiae rariorem vidi (Agardh), I have seen it most frequent on the Gallo-provincial coasts; on the coasts of Italy more rare.

- semel frequens lecta in ponticulo putri (Cunnersdorf) Nov. (S&A), collected once, populous on a rotten little bridge (Cunnersdorf) in November.

- in pratis subhumidis Jamaicae frequens (Swartz), common in the somewhat humid meadows of Jamaica.

- (Clavaria; fungus) frequentior antecedente, curta, inter gramina delitescens, recens lubrica subviscosa (S&A), more common than the preceding [sc. species], short [i.e. stumpy], laying hidden among grasses, fresh [sc. specimens] slippery, somewhat viscous [i.e. tacky].

- frequens in hortis eorumque rejectamentis folia calycesve Dianthi Caryophylli marcidos aut prorsus arefactos semiputres incolit (S&A), frequent in gardens, and on litter, it inhabits withered leaves, or the shrivelled [but attached] calyces of Dianthus Caryophyllus or entirely withered, half rotted ones.

- [fungi] in foliis dejectis siccis variis, praeprimis tamen Syringae vulgaris, loco unico nemoroso (Heinrichsruh) frequens (S&A), on different dried fallen leaves, primarily, however, of Syringa vulgaris, populous in a single place of open woodland.