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

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.

> Could it be spelled eps-l-_upsilon_-is
> in modern?? I suspect not, IIRC upsilon is pronounced as [v] only between
> vowels.
Also between a vowel and a voiced consonant, e.g.
alpha-upsilon-gamma-eta [avj\i].

But yes, upsilon is not [v] after a consonant.

(eps-l-ups-is would probably be ['Elis], since upsilon-iota is one of
the ways to spell /i/, though the rarest one.)

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

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