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

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:31 AM, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
>> Is (Class.Gk)
>> epsilon-lambda-beta-iota-sigma a possible Gk. word (I'm thinking of that
>> -lb- cluster)
>
> Good question; I'm not sure.
>
> *checks dictionary* I find "olbos" = "Glück, Segen, Heil, Reichtum,
> Macht", so "elbis" should be fine phonotactically and morphologically.
>
>> modern Gk ['Elvis].
>
> No, probably either --> ['Elvi] (like "dynamis, polis") or -->
> [El'viDa] (like "elpis, frontis"), depending on the declension of the
> noun in ancient Greek. Feminine, in either case.
Though if you wanted a masculine ['Elvis] in modern Greek, you could
get it by spelling it epsilon-lambda-beta-*eta*-sigma (derived from a
word with the same spelling in ancient Greek).

(Other possibilities include ['ElvOs] < *elbos and ['Elvas] < *elps.
['Elvus] only as a genitive of a neuter nominative *elbos. And
['ElvEs] as plural nom/acc of the feminine ['Elvi] :D)

Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>