Re: fortis , f- >>

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> Rome was the last ford before the ocean, as I understand. In movies
> such Iladri di bicicletta, it looks about an inch deep -well maybe a

bit

> more
>
> > Surely the Tiber was then at its lowest level, as most Mediterranean
> > rivers are in the summer months, which are also the driest in that

area.

> > In Spanish, this is called "estiaje" (from estío 'summer' <

Latin

> > aesti:vu- 'estival').
>
> I'd say you're right on that point. The river was walled in by some

impressive levees. Must feel great to be right for a change ;p

>

Like films, reconstructed languages such as PIE are often set up in
unrealistic situations. ;-)