Re: Potential Aorist-Perfect Confusion (was: Late P-Alb. = E. P-Rom

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "elmeras2000" <jer@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> > In Latin, are the perfects _dedi:_ 'gave' and _steti:_ 'stood'
> > perfects or aorists in origin?
>
> Perfects (funny question).

How do we know they are not reduplicated aorists? I don't know what
reduplicated aorists look like in Latin.

Richard.