[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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