Defective Verbs

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Nov 20 21:49:33 EST 1998


On Fri 20 Nov 98 (10:28:44), glmrice at ixpres.com wrote:
> Vines says correctly, "OPTOMAI is to be found in dictionaries under the
> word HORAO, to see; it supplies some forms that are lacking in that
> verb."
> Is there a proven verb from which OPTOMAI comes? Or does it come from
> HORAO.

 Gilbert,

 I think you'll find it is not OPTOMAI, but OYOMAI (Y=Psi), for the Future
 of hORAW in BAGD, p 581. OYOMAI is listed separately on p 606:
        "OYOMAI  s. hORA"

 HTH
 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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