Re: [tied] Re: Active / Stative

> >Mine (Kennedy's Latin Primer) says the consonantal <i> was
> >pronounced double in these words.
> Does it mark length?

Yes. And it specifically says the e was short (page 42, note 3).

> > What are we to do? Weigh the grammars?
> There's a simple rule to map one transcription onto the
> other, so it really doesn't matter that much.

Normally it doesn't, which is why some grammars simply get sloppy and mark
the first vowel as long. But in this discussion it does matter.

Peter