Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

>ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
>That's almost more fun than the Latin.....Is (Class.Gk)
>epsilon-lambda-beta-iota-sigma a possible Gk. word (I'm thinking of
>that -lb- cluster) > modern Gk ['Elvis].  Could it be spelled eps-l-
>_upsilon_-is in modern?? I suspect not, IIRC upsilon is pronounced as
>[v] only between vowels.
No such word, to my knowledge, as "elbis" or "elvis" in Greek.
However, there is a similar word "elpis, elpidos" which means 'hope.'

Charlie

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