Re: Numerals Re: Re: Agglutinating -> inflecting

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> But saying _soldater_ instead of _mannar_ has nothing to do with gender. The
> fact that the former easily extends its meaning to include female combatants
> is entirely accidental.
Good point.  When Caesar faced a mutiny, he returned his troops to duty with
the single word "Quirites", implying that he was addressing them as
Roman citizens/civilians rather than as soldiers ("Romani").

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