[B-Greek] Re: klaiw
cmeadows3 at verizon.net
cmeadows3 at verizon.net
Sun Jun 26 20:07:44 EDT 2005
George,
Thanks for the response.
The section in Smyth is 520. I guess I'm wondering why, if the root was kla3, is the future klausomai? Using the example of oida (from 3e3ida) - it seems the digamma just vanishes. Where does the "u" come from?
Thanx.
C Meadows
>From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at juno.com>
>Date: Sun Jun 26 16:27:50 CDT 2005
>To: cmeadows3 at verizon.net
>Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Re: klaiw
>On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:25:28 -0500 (CDT) <cmeadows3 at verizon.net> writes:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A question about the old vau (digamma)...
>>
>> Looking at klaiw - future kausomai.
>>
>> I guess the stem was originally klaf. Smyth writes it as "(klau,
>> klaf)". Is it correct to say that vau WAS consonantal upsilon? Or
>> was there a separate entity? What does Smyth mean when he lists the
>> stem as both klau and klaf?
>>
>> Thanx.
>>
>> C Meadows
>> Marshall University
>___________________
>
>If you will accept the number "3" as a digamma, the root was KLA3-yW
>where the "y" is the i-glide. Please cite the section number when
>referring to Smyth.
>
>george
>gfsomsel
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