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"Reipsa his verbis deducti sunt ad mitius consilium"
In paragraph 41 of Epitome Historiae Sacrae, one can read:
Reipsa his verbis deducti sunt ad mitius consilium.
Why "ad mitius consilium" rather than "ad mitium consilium"?
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Why do emasculatus and effeminatus mean the SAME thing, despite being formed the SAME way with OPPOSITE morphemes? [duplicate]
The etymological constructions of emasculatus and effeminatus are identical:
emasculatus < ex- + masculus + -atus
effeminatus < ex- + femina + -atus
Since masculus and femina are opposites, ...
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Why is the superlative form of "fertilis" "fertilissimus" rather than *fertillimus?
Superlatives of adjectives ending in -lis are usually formed with the suffix -limus. For example, the superlative of facilis is facillimus. So, why is the superlative of fertilis fertilissimus, rather ...
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What is the general ablaut rule that explains examples like φρ?ν, πρ?φρων, πρ?φρονα?
Φρ?ν (midriff, will) gives rise to the adjective πρ?φρων (eager, literally motivated by will). It looks to me like the -ων comes from ablaut applied to -ην. (It doesn't look like a suffix -ων, since ν ...
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Why is it "Discipulus pulcher est" and not "Discipulus pulchrus est"?
I think its something with declension, but can't quite wrap my head around why it would be pulcher instead of pulchrus for that phrase.
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Adjectives that decline as consonant stems in the neuter plural nominative/accusative
From what I have read, most third-declension Latin adjectives other than comparatives take the i-stem endings -ī, ium and -ia in the ablative singular, genitive plural and neuter nominative/accusative ...
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How did "glutaeus/gluteus" come from Greek "gloutos"? Would "glutiaeus" be more correct?
In anatomy, the muscles of the buttocks are referred to collectively as the "glut(a)eal muscles" in English, and are individually given the following Latin names: glut(a)eus maximus, glut(a)eus medius ...
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Why is the comparative adjective of "clarus" not "clariusis"?
The neuter genitive singular comparative of clarus is clarioris. Why is this? Shouldn't it be 'clariusis', since the form of neuter adjectives in the comparative form ends on -us?
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What are the normal genitive and dative singular forms of "alius"?
Some sources mention a genitive singular alius, but I've also seen aliae. And I don't recall seeing a dative singular ali, but neither do I remember alio. I think several forms exist, including even ...
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Why do some 2nd decl. "-er" adjectives and nouns drop the "e" in the stem?
Is there any rule explaining why certain second-declension nouns and adjectives with a nominative -er ending drop the e when declined (e.g. ager, liber, pulcher), and why others keep it (e.g. puer, ...
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