07-27-2005, 01:02 AM
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Speaking of Rhotacization
Haven't you always wondered why the imperfect active indicative of sum goes: eramerāmuserāserātiseraterant Who hasn't? Well, the rhotacization of intervocalic /s/ is to blame. The stem used to be *es-1, which you can still see in the present active indicative...
http://www.webamused.com/bloglatin/archives/002108.html
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