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Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:51:15 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > probably > L L L L L L L S S LSS L = > L > praed(am ad)-| -serva- |-bant. huc | undique | Troia | gaza > =20 > granted - quite strange - the 5th foot is definitely a dactyl - Troia can b= > e scanned this way Because it is the feminine of Troius as in Troius heros.
> the 4th foot is the one that is more bothersome, but probably follows the r= > ule that a vowel can be short before a mute followed by l or r (See Gilders= > leece and Lodge no.704) When the mute and liquid begin the word, the preceding syllable is nearly regularly short in Latin (there are only a handful of exceptions). Leofranc Holford-Strevens ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub