Talk:roscidus

@JohnC5: do you know where the -c- might come from? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 23:15, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: 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 viscidus. I'd also mention that nowhere except the Catullan spelling rōsidus and the simplex form sīdus is the ending sequence -sidus attested, which would heighten this form's susceptibility to analogy. —*i̯óh₁nC^[5] 00:08, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@JohnC5: Interesting, so we have rōsidus and rōridus (Propertius, IV, 4, 48) as well. It definitely looks like analogy then. viscidus is only found in Late Latin, while roscidus is Classical, though. mūcidus, sūcidus might be other candidates? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 01:09, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: 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)

@JohnC5: 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)