Latin perfects

Rick Mc Callister rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Sat Jun 12 21:54:47 UTC 1999


According to
Giuiano & Larissa Bonfante The Etruscan Language. NY: NYUP, 1983: 82-85

Active preterite ended in -ce [at least 3rd person sing. & pl.]

Passive preterite ended in -xe , -khe <-che> [1st persons]

Past participle ending seems to be -u
which is passive if the verb is transitive
and active if the verb is intransitive

Active past participle ended in -thas

[snip]

>I know no Etruscan.  Can anyone confirm Paolo Agostini's statement that
>Etruscan had a -v- perfective?

>Peter



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