Re: [tied] "Rs" in Latin/Greek/IE/etc.

From: P&G
Message: 30611
Date: 2004-02-03

>>With one single exception, all initial r in Greek was written with an
> >aspirate mark over it
> What's the exception?

Raros, a name, mentioned by Herodian, + some derivative words. There is
also the word raros cited by a scholiast as an Aeolic word, but it does not
occur in our literature.
Both are in L & S.

Peter