Re: Res: Res: [tied] Re: (was Latin Honor < ?) Bestia

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 67861
Date: 2011-06-25

W dniu 2011-06-25 23:12, Piotr Gasiorowski pisze:

> No, that's why I argue for vowel syncope in the initial syllable. There
> are a few examples of stl- in Latin, though. Apart from <stlocus> we
> have OLat. stli:s > Class.Lat. li:s, -tis 'lawsuit', <stlatta ~ stla:ta>
> 'cargo-boat, barge' and the derived adjective <stlatta:rius ~
> stla:ta:rius> 'imported by boat' (both of which are rare poetic words
> preserved in their archaic form till Classical times), plus the clearly
> onomatopoeic hapax <stloppus> 'slap on an inflated cheek'.

I forgot <stlembus> 'slow, sluggish', and a few etymologically opaque
proper names beginning with this cluster.

Piotr