From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 21999
Date: 2003-05-17
>>let me point to a well-knownActually, the vocative *diƩu (without -s) + pater.
>> nominative which certainly looks marked:
>> Lat. nom. Juppiter
>
>That depends how real it is as a declensional form. I'm sure you are aware
>that it is simply the stem iou + s, followed by the word "father".