Re: Res: Res: [tied] Latin animals' names -R (rhotacism?)

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61003
Date: 2008-10-18

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From: "dgkilday57" <dgkilday57@...>

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> I don't know if it's been point at,
> but such a syntagm as *ad-caput-pet-
> should be followed by -â- in Latin,
> like in prae-caput-â- > precipita-te
> In that case, accipi-pit- should be **accipitâ-rius or the like.

That is a different adjectival formation.
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Well,
you have not shown an example of a compound name like *ad-caput-pet- :
preposition + name + verb that was not followed by -â-.
Does it exist in the first place ?
Arnaud
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> I can't see what's wrong with a simple fast-flyer > accipiter ?

What generates the geminate?
DGK

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There are plenty of examples in Latin of words that have geminates or don't.
I think words without geminates are the regular development in Latin.
acci- has a geminate as can be expected from a "rural" word.

Arnaud
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