Re: [tied] -phóros, -phorós, -fer

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

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> On 2006-04-06 13:02, tgpedersen wrote:
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> Um... Not _Latin_ -fer. It's as thematic as Gk. -pHóros. Latin has a
> rule which deletes the ending -us after -r- (as in <puer>). It's m.
> fru:gi-fer (pl. fru:gi-feri:), f. fru:gi-fera, n. fru:gi-ferum
> 'fruit-bearing'.

But, what about <mirus, -a, -um> 'strange, special, marvellous' or
<carus, -a, -um> 'loved' ? I guess that in this case we have much more
to do with the reduction of first or second element of compound.

>
> Piotr
>

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