I learned that all nouns with a consonantal Iota stem are feminine.
I just stumbled on [size=150]πόσις[/size].
(Actually, two words spelled the samein nom.sg. One 'a drink' fem. The other 'husband' masc.)
Is [size=150]πόσις[/size], (husband) a consonantal iota stem?
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Masc. consonantal iota stem?
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Hi Bert, sorry the only book I have at work which talks about the history of this word is Chantraine's Dictionnaire étymologique 1968. It says that the form of that word poses problems: there's been a debate for the last 100 years whether it came from *poti- or *pot-, so quite possibly it didn't once have consonantal i, but I don't know either way.
Maybe someone who has access to more modern articles on this could help you out, cheers
Maybe someone who has access to more modern articles on this could help you out, cheers