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Why do words starting with vu- all have alternative forms starting with vo-?
As far as I can see, every Latin word that starts with vu- has a collateral form starting with vo-. It's not many, but these at least: vulgus, vulnus, vulpes, vultur, vultus, and indeed vulva, where ...
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Can "ee" appear in Latin?
There are a few instances in Latin where words are spelled with two vowels next to each other, in hiatus: filii "sons", metuunt "they fear".
Now, the last words of the Emperor Julian II are normally ...
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Why sequundus > secundus?
It seems quite clear that secundus comes from sequundus, a gerundive of sequi.
But why did -quu- become -cu-?
This change is not universal, since some Latin words do preserve -quu-, at least the end ...
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Why is it "dare" and not "dāre" when most first conjugation verbs spell like "amāre"?
Why does dō conjugate differently from other first conjugation verbs in that you find a short a where otherwise you might expect a long ā?
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