Re: [tied] -phóros, -phorós, -fer

On 2006-04-09 16:25, Rob wrote:

> I could be wrong here, but it seems more likely that the stress on
> that word fell on the penultima, not the antepenultima, which would
> indicate that the penultima was long (i.e. sacrile:gus).

No, it was short. The word occurs in metrical verses, so the quantity is
known for certain.

Piotr