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I always ascribed that to be because the romans thought that nymphs inhabited trees. But are you sure those are second declension and not fourth declension?
by dnautics 6y ago
I always ascribed that to be because the romans thought that nymphs inhabited trees. But are you sure those are second declension and not fourth declension?
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> But are you sure those are second declension and not fourth declension? No, I'm not sure. See the sibling subthread. They're not less weird in the fourth declension, which is itself overwhelmingly masculine or neuter. That said, second declension forms do seem to be attested for nearly every case of pinus.