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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 -> * cor
by 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 agocolos is an archaic form; standard Latin has color.
- asveikau 6y agoOk. 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.