Re: [tied] Marked nominative

>Right, the -pp- is a distinct mark of the vocative. The word has two forms
>/ju:piter/ and /juppiter/, the latter with short /u/. At least, that is
>what the "littera-Gesetz" says.

There is considerable variation in Latin between V:C and VCC, in a number of
situations, but especially in supines and perfects. Inscriptions do give
us V:CC early on, but they are smoothed out by the classical period. So the
variation Ju:piter / Juppiter is quite normal.

Peter