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--- David McCann skrzypszy:
> A late reply, but I've only just joined:
No problem, a thread is never dead once resurrected! And welcome!
> 1. -iter went early, because the only possible trace of it in
> Romance is the -r- in forms like Rum "altminteri". In the 8th C, a
> Bible commentary *in Latin* had to explain "singulariter"
> as "solamente".
Interesting, I didn't know that.
> 2. "mente" was always there: "placida mente" is perfectly good
> classical Latin. It is very rare in South Italian, Rumanian, and (I
> think) Sardinian, though.
> 3. Later Latin often used the neuter adjective as an adverb, which
> survives in Rum., S It. ("mi dunanu sulu" they only give me...),
> and colloquial Sp. ("hablas ligero" you talk quickly).
As a matter of fact, I've decided to keep both forms in Wenedyk. The
"mente" form because it's just too nice a Romance clich� (and I like
the outcome, -mi��). The second form is in fact the "naked" form of
the adjective, while the normal forms get an ending.
Jan
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