Re: Latin anthroponyms

I realize I'm very late in responding here, but thanks for the
explanation, Piotr. I had completely forgotton that "hippos" was
related to "equus" and soforth, so that makes a lot of sense. I have
one last question for ya on the matter:

"(cf. leukHeimo:n 'dressed in white' <-- heima 'garment')"

How would that have been spelled in OG:
lam-eps-ups-kap-(rough)-[eta/eps]-blah or
lam-eps-ups-khi-[eta/eps]-blah ?

(I ask because I don't remember seeing any rough breathings in the
middle of Greek words.)


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "Lisa" <eris@...> wrote:
>
> > The construction of "Leukippos" crossed my mind a few months

ago.

> > Clearly it is from leukos + hippos. Can someone explain to me

why,

> > when the words would combine, the kappa of leukos didn't change

to a

> > khi in order to reflect aspiration? Or was aspiration truly lost

in

> > Old Greek when combinations like this occurred? (On the other

hand,

> > if my question can be answered with Peter's suggestion of "the
> > Voces", then I'm sure I will find out in the near future.)
>
> The aspirate in Attic hippos is unetymological. The normal

development

> of pre-Gk. ikWos was <ippos/ikkos>, hence such names as Leukippos

and

> Glaukippos (cf. leukHeimo:n 'dressed in white' <-- heima 'garment').
>
> Piotr