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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:
>
> >>> capitolium,
> > What's the reason for
> > seeing that as *capito:dium?
>
> The Romans themselves tell us. They discuss this phenomenon and
this word.
>
> Peter
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I'm not questioning capitolium <--- capitodium, but I'd like to
know your Roman source.
From Lewis & Short:
"Acc. to a fanciful etym., this word is derived from the
discoveryof a man's head in laying the foundations of the temple,
Varr. L. L.5, § 41 Müll.; Liv. 1, 55, 6: [p. 287] which Serv.
ad
Verg.A. 8, 345, and Arn. 6, p. 194, also give as the head of a certain
Tolus or Olus."
so a very knowledgeable Roman apparently wasn't aware of a d- form.
Dan Milton