From: Carl William Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 30 1998 - 08:32:25 EST
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Randy LEEDY wrote:
> Isn't it true that names for festival days are often in the plural?
> See BDF 141(3) and Turner (Syntax) 26f. I think we're making this way
> too difficult.
This is certainly true in classical usage: ANQESTHRIA, DIONUSIA, KARNEIA,
AFRODISIA: regularly in the neuter plural.
Carl W. Conrad
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