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> document-corpuses (corpii?) “Corpora”, if you want. (cf. “corporeal”)

• asveikau 6y ago
  I believe the reason corpus changes the root when you decline it is because Latin went through a phase where /s/ between vowels became /r/. Eg: corpus -> * corpusem -> corporem Similar pattern with many other Latin words we think of as ending in -r but the nominative form actually has an -s, eg. colos -> * colosem -> colorem
  • thaumasiotes 6y ago
    colos is an archaic form; standard Latin has color.
    • asveikau 6y ago
      Ok. But the thing I am going for is the pattern where we think of descendants of the word having /r/. colos does fit the pattern. As would flos.