Talk:roscidus


 * do you know where the -c- might come from? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 23:15, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I looked around in De Vaan and Walde-Hofmann, and neither give an explanation. I can't think of any semantic compound that would make sense (*rōs + + -os “dew falling”?). The thing that makes most sense to me is analogy to the semantically similar . I'd also mention that nowhere except the Catullan spelling rōsidus and the simplex form  is the ending sequence -sidus attested, which would heighten this form's susceptibility to analogy. —*i̯óh₁nC[5] 00:08, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Interesting, so we have and  (Propertius, IV, 4, 48) as well. It definitely looks like analogy then.  is only found in Late Latin, while  is Classical, though.,  might be other candidates? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 01:09, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I would say that those all seem ripe as analogical sources. And of course, just because viscidus is attested late doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't floating around for analogy, but I think the others are sufficient. —*i̯óh₁nC[5] 01:27, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was going to hedge my objection, but I got lazy :p. I've added an etym, feel free to reword it. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 01:38, 12 December 2017 (UTC)