cath v.

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> Anyway, "cathet" doesn't sound like a possible, or likely, verb (not even sure which syllable it should be stressed on), while "cath" is a perfectly good one.

My facetious suggestion is _cathete_, stress-shifted, as is usual in verbs.

Usually, I'm the one to repost my earlier notes.

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