Vocative of -eus adjectives and nouns
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Vocative of -eus adjectives and nouns
Saluete! I've encountered a bit of a conundrum; I cannot remember if there be a rule for the vocative for masculine adjectives or nouns ending in '-eus', for example "aureus" or "capt?neus." I feel like I read somewhere that "auree" would not be preferred, and "aurī" instead would occur, like "mī," yet I haven't been able to confirm this. Does anyone recall?
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Re: Vocative of -eus adjectives and nouns
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Ok, this is what an old Spanish textbook says:
Valete!
But then, in another section called "Declinación de los sustantivos griegos", we read:Se ignora cuál haya sido el vocativo singular de deus. En el estilo eclesiástico se usa el vocativo Deus. Translation: It is not known what the vocative of deus was. In the ecclesiastical style, the vocative Deus is used.
And this is all well and good, but the names Amadeus and aureus are not greek. So, yes, quite a conundrum.Los nombres proprios, que en griego terminan en eús, gen. en éos, y pertenecen en dicho idioma a la tercera declinación, en latÃn siguen la segunda.
Ej.: Prométheus, gen. Prométhei ....
Sin embargo, el vocativo es en -eu, comoen griego: Prométheu....
Valete!
Lisa: Relax?! I can't relax! Nor can I yield, relent, or... Only two synonyms? Oh my God! I'm losing my perspicacity! Aaaaa!
Homer: Well it's always in the last place you look.
Homer: Well it's always in the last place you look.
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I've answered my own question:
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:iB ... ent=safari
Both '-ius' and '-eus' become Ä«.
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:iB ... ent=safari
Both '-ius' and '-eus' become Ä«.
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