Heard: "loci" with [k]

[Herb Stahlke]

Was there also a nom. sg. locum?




On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:52 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> HS: <<<church influenced Lutheran ... [lotsi]>>>
> JB: <<<which ancient philosophy ...?>>>
> WB: Reminds me of my Swedish Doktorvater (a devout Lutheran) who did just
> that, Latin <ti, ci> [tsi] in his Medieval Latin classes. Cf. "Latin
> regional pronunciation" in Wikipedia.
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> Btw, there was also another plural for locus:  loca.
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