Re: [tied] -phóros, -phorós, -fer

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> 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.

So it was pronounced "sacrílegus"?

- Rob