Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too => and the accent of Grk. *dHugh2ter

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:49:53 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
>wrote:
>> The accent in Greek was retracted to the _first_ syllable,
>> under the influence of the vocative (thúgater), or the word
>> for mother (mé:te:r), or both.
>>
>> By the law of limitation, *thúgate:r becomes thugáte:r.
>>
>
> The accent in Greek is on the SECOND SYLLABLE => take a book please
>
> The vocative accent is on the FIRST SYLLABLE => don't make confusions

The problem is that you are unfamiliar with the Greek law of
limitation :-)

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