cannot: OED pronunciation again

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Jan 18 19:53:37 UTC 2005


>  Wilson writ:
>>>>
>On Jan 17, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>         [...]
>>  As far as the Johnny Mac sort of case
>
>Et _tu_, Laurentie?!
><<<
>
>Et tu, Wilson?
>         Marcus  Laurentius
>         Marci   Laurenti
>         Marco   Laurentio
>         Marcum  Laurentium
>         Marco   Laurentio
>         Marce   Laurenti  <-----
>
>Second declension nouns in -ius take the vocative in long -i, not -ie.
>
>A manu scripsit Marcus Mandelensis

Aha!  That explains why I'm always addressed as "Laurenti" whenever I
visit the Forum.  I was wondering.

Laurentius Robertus Cornuensis



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