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Re: Some help with Latin

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 12:29
On 9/25/07, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
> Normally in Classical Latin final -o is long, except in the words _ego > (I), duo (two), modo (only), cito_ (quickly) where it was short.
Interesting, given that Greek εγώ has a long vowel. (And, IIRC, also in δύω in some areas/periods.) Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>