Raymond Brown wrote:
> 1st decl. 2nd decl. 3rd decl
> SING. PLUR. SING. PLURAL SING. PLURAL
> Nom. capra capras muros muri flores flores
> Oblique capra capras muro muros flore flores
Wasn't the 1st declension nom. pl. -e or -ae?
> (some dialects preffered 'esse' <-- 'ipse' in both uses).
Were there none that used "ille" for pronouns and "ipse" for articles or
vice versa?
> Spanish 'aquel' <-- accu ille. In Dacia we find 'acce', Romanian 'acest'
> <-- acce iste.
I've also seen _aqueste_ and (I think) _aquese_ in samples of Old
Spanish.
> A big subject, but *very, very* briefly: disappearance of inflected
> passive (& deponent verbs!)
When did this occur? Was this an early or a late development?
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