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Sure about the G?
by cronjobber 9y ago
Sure about the G?
- Tepix 9y agoHardly. See https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Iulius_Caesar https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Iulius_Caesar
- thaumasiotes 9y agoLatin wikipedia isn't exactly an ancient source. Without bothering to read the article, why do you think it has a subhead of "Fontes_de_vita_C._Iulii_Caesaris_praecipui"?
- cronjobber 9y agoI'll take this cum cranulo salis.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoYou think "cum granulo salis" is evidence for G being an original part of the Latin alphabet, while not being evidence that U was an original part of the Latin alphabet?
- cronjobber 9y agoSure, G wasn't "originally" part of the Latin alphabet—until they invented that letter.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoWhat do you think makes G different from J and U in that regard?
- cronjobber 9y agoTiming. Where do you think G slots in the timeline, relative to the Latin classics?
- thaumasiotes 9y agoG dates to the classical period. But, as I pointed out above, it's still intrusive enough then that Caesar's praenomen, Gaius, is written C, not G. The name is older than the letter, but younger than Latin writing.