[tied] Re: Active / Stative

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:06:50 +0100, petegray
> <petegray@...> wrote:
>
> >> >>e:ius, cu:ius and hu:ius.
> >> >That should be eyyus, cuyyus, huyyus. >
> >> I was citing the Classical Latin forms, where Vjj > > V:j.
> >
> >Nonsense.
> >I was also talking of the Classical forms, where Vjj survives,

and does not

> >undergo the process you mention.
>
> My Latin grammar says e:ius, etc. It certainly doesn't say
> "eyyus".

Mine (Kennedy's Latin Primer) says the consonantal <i> was
pronounced double in these words. What are we to do? Weigh the
grammars?

Richard.