[tied] Re: Snt. Philip and Diocletian

--- In cybalist@..., "Amedeo Amendola" <amedeo_a_2002@...> wrote:

> Late variations are always possible, but the classical dictionaty
> gives Getes, genitive Getou; therefore, the plural should be Getoi
> or, in Latinized form, Geti.
> > > Comment:
> > > I found out that
> > > getes = geites = farmer. [Indeed, ge+ites = land-adept.]
> > > The plural should be geitoi (not getae)= farmers
> > [land-adepts]or
> > > peasants. [= Latin Agricolae.]

Nominative singular in -e:s and genitive singular in -ou
implies 1st declension masculine, so the nominative plural end in -
ai, so Getai, Ge:ítai. 'Getai' Latinises as the familiar 'Getae'.

Richard.