[HN Gopher] Duenos Inscription
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Duenos Inscription
Author : benbreen
Score : 16 points
Date : 2021-06-27 00:58 UTC (22 hours ago)
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| Sniffnoy wrote:
| Good blog post about Old Latin inscriptions, though not so much
| this partiuclar one, but talks about related material:
| https://dannybate.com/2021/05/28/grave-language-the-epitaph-...
| gfaure wrote:
| The reason why the Latin prefix for "twice" is "bi-", while the
| Latin word for two is "duo", is exactly the same sound change (dw
| -> b) that turned archaic Latin "duenos" into "bonus" in
| Classical Latin.
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