tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908331175444117446.post1898324239205440425..comments2022-01-10T02:53:20.188-08:00Comments on De Grypis: hodie miror quid heri “heri” appellaretur.adyateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031975072885722383noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908331175444117446.post-4714375495572841772008-05-23T00:27:00.000-07:002008-05-23T00:27:00.000-07:00"Nudius tertius" is one of the favorite Latin phra..."Nudius tertius" is one of the favorite Latin phrases of Indo-Europeanists because the -dius- part shows a remnant of the zero grade of the Indo-European root *diu- , whence springeth "day", "dies" (originally would have been *dieus, with some phonological changes and analogical reashapings), "Zeus", etc. I guess Indo-Europeanists have to make due with small pleasures, but anyways, I think it's the only place where an alternate form of the root is preserved, still having the basic meaning day.<BR/><BR/>- StephenStephen Shullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236123563899507787noreply@blogger.com