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On the other hand, the more recent work The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin, by Peter Schrijver, 1991, gives vallum (which Schrijver derives from the Proto-European form *u̯h₂lso-) as having a short /a/ (pp. 31), and also in Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, by Hans Ørberg, (p. This form is given in The Latin Language, by Charles E. (I haven't done any further work to check this evidence.) Two sources that Ive come across indicate a long vowel /a/ in the first syllable of the word vallum palisade wall (that is, vllum). On page 66, Bennett provides the following list of inscriptions that mark this vowel with an apex:
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Williamson’s killing made national headlines in 2015 when Caitlyn Jenner remembered her during an acceptance speech. Since the length of the vowel cannot be deduced from the word's scansion or from the reflexes in any language descended from Latin, apex use seems like the only possible indication of vowel length in this context. Then Vallum attended a Latin Kings gang meeting as if nothing had happened. Especially in scholarly and scientific language new words were coined. Skipping the influence of French that started with the Battle of Hastings, we find more Latin borrowings during the Renaissance often inspired by Greek. It is derived from callus (a stake), and properly means the. Answer: ( Six letters- Mark, Luke,Matthew and John would certainly find this easy.) 9. Although not especially recent, these both seem generally reliable resources to me, so I would imagine the authors had some fairly good reason(s) for supposing the existence of a long vowel in this word. VALLUM a term applied either to the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp. The name is derived from vallus (a stake), and properly means the palisade which ran along the outer edge of the top of the agger, but is usually used to refer to the whole fortification. 1 Mittuntur ad Caesarem confestim ab Cicerone litterae magnis propositis praemiis, si pertulissent: obsessis omnibus viis missi intercipiuntur. The vallum usually comprised an earthen or turf rampart ( Agger) with a wooden palisade on top, with a deep outer ditch (fossa). Fig., a wall, rampart, fortification: non Alpium vallum contra ascensum Gallorum obicio: munitae sunt palpebrae tamquam vallo pilorum. 4 Aegre is dies sustentatur, quod omnem spem hostes in celeritate ponebant atque hanc adepti victoriam in perpetuum se fore victores confidebant. 31), and also in Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, by Hans Ørberg, (p. Nostri celeriter ad arma concurrunt, vallum conscendunt. Two sources that I've come across indicate a long vowel /aː/ in the first syllable of the word vallum 'palisade wall' (that is, vāllum).