高考情报局：美术高考有哪些你不知道的冷知识
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Is Hyksos unique, or is there a rule about when κ + σ doesn't equal ξ?
I was trying to find if there was a true analogue to the spelling of Hyksos in Greek without a ξ. Most instances of words with -κσ- in Classical and Hellenistic Greek were compounds with the prefix εκ-...
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Does "laviniaque" from Vergil's Aeneid point to Romance palatalization?
The second i in "laviniaque" from the 2nd line of Aeneid is supposed to be consonantal to fit the hexameter; therefore the pronunciation should be something like: /la'wi.nja.q?e/.
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What is the story of Latin letters U, V?
I recently saw a video stating that when the Romans imported the upsilon(Y) from Greek, they cut the the bottom line from Y and remained V which was not read as V as we know but U. So
V(letter) = U(...
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What is the modern day pronunciation of v in Latin as in van or as a w? And is the c soft as in cellar or hard as in cat?
What is the modern day pronunciation of v in Latin (as in van) or as a w sound? And is the c soft as in cellar or hard as in cat?
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From what date do we find spellings with V for B?
In late Latin, there was frequent confusion between B and V between vowels (a position where the distinction was eventually lost throughout the Romance languages), and even at the start of words (...
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Does the pronunciation of 'gn' depend on the environment?
I have heard different pronunciations of 'gn': [?n], [gn], [?:].
Given a fixed era and dialect, is 'gn' always pronounced the same way or does the pronunciation depend on the environment?
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When did "ae" become [e]?
I know about the differences between Reconstructed and Church pronunciation. I have wondered when they arose. I have already researched it on StackExchange where "V" had already become [v] ...
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Why is the prefix con- sometimes short, sometimes long?
A friend sent me this image:
Her question was simple: Is the Latin any good? The Latin indeed is good, and if one accepts the English to be in LOLcat, the English checks out as well.
However?…
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Scientific name for living toys
In a world were living toys exist and are known (like Toy Story but with their sentience been common knowledge), what would be the Latin scientific name for a toy? In a similar way of how homo sapiens ...
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Is ?ν changing to ?μ or ?γ only a thing in Attic?
I've seen in various places (example) the statement that prepositions like ?ν, συν, and ?κ change forms before certain consonants, so we would have ?μ before βμπφψ, and ?γ before γκξχ. But looking ...
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When is Latin "qu" transcribed as "κο", "κοι" or "κυ" in Greek?
The most common transcription of Latin qu into the Greek alphabet seems to have been κου in general, but there are some others: κο as in κοι? for quis, κοι as in κοιιδ for quid, and κυ as in κινκυε ...
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Why do I find it hard not to palatalize the /g/ in digitus?
In latin words such as digitus, I found it hard to pronounce correctly the consonants /k/ or /g/ followed by /i/. I think that this happens especially if these sounds are in the same syllabe.
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βυκ?νη < būcina: vowel reduction undone in borrowings from Latin?
So I've come across this word βυ?κ?νη, ostensibly borrowed from Latin būcina ('an ox-horn trumpet'), from bou- ('ox') + canere ('to sing'). The lack of vowel reduction is immediately striking; ...
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On what basis is bilabial [?] rather than labiodental [f] reconstructed for any Latin varieties?
I've seen references in some of my reading to a reconstructed value of a bilabial fricative [?] for Latin "f" in some times and places. Examples:
This answer on the Spanish Stack Exchange ...
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Does G ever visibly assimilate in voice?
According to Allen's Vox Latina, /b/ regularly becomes voiceless before a voiceless consonant. This shows up sometimes in writing: for example, we see forms of ob-sideō written occasionally as opsideō....
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