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(mente) ; mestura (pop. for mistura; mestolo, mescolo, etc.); 
mietitore (mietere); mescuglio (mescolo, etc.); menzogna 
(mento, menti, etc., now mentisco, etc.) ; mentovar© (mentovo, 
etc.); mendicante (mendico, mendichi, etc.; the substantive is 
accented mendico) ; messaggio (messo) ; megliore (meglio; cf. 
migliore, the commoner form to-day); pensier© (penso, etc.) ; 
peperone (pope); peggiore (peggio; piggiore frequent in Old 
Italian); pettegolo (petto; derivation?); prezioso (prezzo) ; 
preghiera (prego, etc.) ; pelacchiare (pelo); pendio (pendere) ; 
reticolare (rete) ; seguire (seguo, etc.) 3 ; sceverare (scevero, 
etc.) ; selvaggio (selva) ; senese (Siena) ; settimana (sette) ; 
sentire, sentimento (sento, etc.); sessanta (sei) ; sepale (siepe) ; 
stendardo (stendere) ; tenaglia (tengo, etc.; the usual word is 
tanaglia,—vowel assimilation, see §26) ; tenere (tengo, etc.) ; 
tendenza (tendere) ; tempesta, temporal© (tempo) ; tremolare, 
tremendo (tremolo, tremo, etc.); veleggiare (vela) ; venturo 
(vengo, etc.); vestito (vesto, etc.); ventaglio, ventarola 
(vento); vezzeggiare (vezzo) ; vendetta (vendico, etc.) ; etc. 
(b) Learned words 4 . These are very numerous, some read¬ 
ily observed and incontrovertibly learned in the old language 
or in the modern, others not quite so discernible. Of the 
former, only a few typical examples are mentioned: betonica, 
cemento 5 , decente, edace, elastico, festino (from Classic Latin 
festinus), genuino, lepore, mediocre, nefando, penuria, sedurre, 
temulento, zedoario, etc., etc. The following are probably all 
learned to a greater or less degree; in some cases, other per¬ 
verting factors, such as vowel assimilation, may have assisted 
in preserving the irregular form. In a great many cases, forms 
in I existed sporadically. In regard to some of the words, a 
comparison of the same word in French, where learned words 
3. Pucci uses siguire. Many of these cases would be aided in their 
perversion by other causes. 
4. Learned words follow the foreign spelling to a greater or less ex¬ 
tent; normally e, ae, oe, are spelled e, i and y, i: delitto, economia, edi- 
ficare, fenomeno, mefitico, respiro. idea, idillio, immenso, minuto. The 
literary state of the i-forms can be discerned only by their use; these 
are of no importance to the present investigation. 
5. English cement; even he're a form in ci- is used among the peas¬ 
ants. 
