Re: long o: Nominative

From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 63817
Date: 2009-04-15

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "G&P" <G.and.P@...> wrote:
>
> >> the Greek word (Homeric) <dô> "house" has a regularly lenghthened o: from
> original *o in a monosyllable (*dom). I don't know its declension >>apart
> from the accusative sg. and the nom./acc. sg. are the same as the nom. sg.
> > Yes, I have asked about this....
>
> Homeric do: appears to be a shortening from the regular do:ma. It is found
> only in nom and acc, and once as a plural in Hesiod.
>
> Peter
>

I meant to say the nom./acc. PLURAL are the same as the nom. sg (I don't have quotations, I got this from Sihler's book which lists it as a Homeric form. Is your knowledge of its occurrence in Hesiod from your ownership of his writings? Just curious as to what texts cybalist members might own.). After you said this, I realized one would expect the form to be *dôn, wouldn't one? So it's not really a regular outcome, it's a short form then?

Andrew