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Causative Verbs in Latin

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Salvete Omnes,
Not long ago I was beginning to "collect" verbs in Latin that appeared to be passive in meaning without having passive forms--a sort of opposite of deponents. They were actually active verbs which could be contrasted with similar verbs which carried the meaning "to cause to -----." I have since learned that the latter are called "causatives." When I googled this, I found a 2013(!) post asking about Latin causatives which was not adequately answered. So, here are the few...

Causative Verbs in Latin

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