Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ... 1861 [and 1863].C. Scribner andcompany, 1866 |
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... Latin word magis for forming comparatives : - Sp . mas dulce ; Port . mais doce ; Wall . mai dulce : while French , Provençal , and Italian only allow of plus for the same purpose : Ital . più dolce ; Prov . plus dous ; Fr. plus doux ...
... Latin word magis for forming comparatives : - Sp . mas dulce ; Port . mais doce ; Wall . mai dulce : while French , Provençal , and Italian only allow of plus for the same purpose : Ital . più dolce ; Prov . plus dous ; Fr. plus doux ...
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... Latin , or in Sanskrit ? We do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in San- skrit . We find1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English twenty . Now here we see , first ...
... Latin , or in Sanskrit ? We do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in San- skrit . We find1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English twenty . Now here we see , first ...
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... Latin word for twenty , which is vi - ginti , the San- skrit vin - sati . It can likewise be proved that the second part of viginti is a corruption of the old word for ten . Ten , in Sanskrit , is dasan ; from it is derived dasati , a ...
... Latin word for twenty , which is vi - ginti , the San- skrit vin - sati . It can likewise be proved that the second part of viginti is a corruption of the old word for ten . Ten , in Sanskrit , is dasan ; from it is derived dasati , a ...
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... Latin . But we meet in Latin 2 with expressions such as bonâ mente , in good faith . We read in Ovid , " Insistam forti mente , " I shall insist with a strong mind or will , I shall insist strongly ; in French , " J'insisterai fortement ...
... Latin . But we meet in Latin 2 with expressions such as bonâ mente , in good faith . We read in Ovid , " Insistam forti mente , " I shall insist with a strong mind or will , I shall insist strongly ; in French , " J'insisterai fortement ...
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... Latin , so this Latin viginti , together with the Greek eikati , and the Sanskrit vin'sati presup- pose an earlier language from which they are in turn · derived , and in which , previous to viginti 56 PHONETIC DECAY .
... Latin , so this Latin viginti , together with the Greek eikati , and the Sanskrit vin'sati presup- pose an earlier language from which they are in turn · derived , and in which , previous to viginti 56 PHONETIC DECAY .
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