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... termination -mus ( Sanskrit -mas ) is older than Attic Greek -μev , the older dialects preserving -μes : in 2nd plur . Latin estis is the most complete form , Greek eσrè the next , Sanskrit stha the most mutilated , having lost both ...
... termination -mus ( Sanskrit -mas ) is older than Attic Greek -μev , the older dialects preserving -μes : in 2nd plur . Latin estis is the most complete form , Greek eσrè the next , Sanskrit stha the most mutilated , having lost both ...
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... termination -mus it has not sunk so far . In the termination again of 3rd pers . plur . ( Sanskrit anti , Greek -ovτ ( Doric ) , Latin -unt ) , the weakening of a in Latin , though it goes one step further than Greek , stops at u ...
... termination -mus it has not sunk so far . In the termination again of 3rd pers . plur . ( Sanskrit anti , Greek -ovτ ( Doric ) , Latin -unt ) , the weakening of a in Latin , though it goes one step further than Greek , stops at u ...
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... termination -nt is a good illustration of the direction given to general tendencies of phonetic change by the phonetic laws of individual languages . The paucity of admissible final sounds in Greek leads also to corruption of the final ...
... termination -nt is a good illustration of the direction given to general tendencies of phonetic change by the phonetic laws of individual languages . The paucity of admissible final sounds in Greek leads also to corruption of the final ...
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... termination either as tenuis , media , or aspirate- it being easier to sound two tenues , two mediae , or two as- pirates together . Thus in Greek before dental tenues , mediae , or aspirates ( 7 , 8 , 0 ) only tenues , mediae , or ...
... termination either as tenuis , media , or aspirate- it being easier to sound two tenues , two mediae , or two as- pirates together . Thus in Greek before dental tenues , mediae , or aspirates ( 7 , 8 , 0 ) only tenues , mediae , or ...
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... termination -alis is changed to -aris when an I precedes e . g . mortalis , lateralis , but puellaris , popularis , volgaris ; and Parilia a variety of Palilia ( Pales ) . to indistinct Besides the changes which result in the ...
... termination -alis is changed to -aris when an I precedes e . g . mortalis , lateralis , but puellaris , popularis , volgaris ; and Parilia a variety of Palilia ( Pales ) . to indistinct Besides the changes which result in the ...
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