Appendix talk:Latin/oclus

RFM discussion: January 2014–January 2015
oclus is a Vulgar Latin form, not a mere alternative spelling of oculus. And it is attested in the Appendix Probi, so it's not a reconstruction. --Fsojic (talk) 14:58, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Move per other attested VL. forms like oricla and veclus. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 16:09, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Merged into the main namespace and deleted from the appendix namespace, per RFM and RFD. - -sche (discuss) 02:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

RFDO discussion: May 2014–January 2015
Oclus is attested, so this content doesn’t need to be in the appendix. — Ungoliant (falai) 23:51, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Where is it attested? DTLHS (talk) 23:53, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Based on the etymology section, it seems to be attested as a mention, not a use. --WikiTiki89 23:58, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Mentions are valid for ancient languages. — Ungoliant (falai) 00:06, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Are they? --WikiTiki89 00:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Not even Classical Latin is listed at WT:WDL, and Vulgar Latin is even less well attested. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The CFI says “For terms in extinct languages, one use in a contemporaneous source is the minimum, or one mention is adequate subject to the below requirements.” I know that one of these requirements is that a list of acceptable sources be maintained, but in practice people just take it for granted that a source is adequate unless someone calls it into question. — Ungoliant (falai)
 * Fair enough. I presume that the mention also needs to be contemporary (as it is in this case), since we wouldn't want bogus entries from a modern Dictionary of Vulgar Latin. --WikiTiki89 14:46, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't see why. Surely we allow mentions from other modern dictionaries of ancient languages. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 14:57, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Because if a modern dictionary has a word that cannot be found anywhere else, then where did the dictionary itself get it from? In the case of a contemporary mention, we can at least presume that the author had access to sources that were not preserved, as well as to the spoken language itself. --WikiTiki89 19:46, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * So start a list of appropriate sources and add this one. What is it by the way? Old French has a list (of one item): About Old French. Renard Migrant (talk) 13:01, 8 May 2014 (UTC)


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