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Schlatter—The Development of the Vowel 
ferred), rimosina (Centilo- 
quio; all aphetic); 
lentiggine, 1m- (obs.); 
leone, 11- (illit. and Andrea da 
Barb., G. Vill., Dante, Maga- 
iotti); , 
leopardo, li- (illit. and Andrea da 
Barb.); 
letame, li- (obs.); 
letteratura, lit- (Camm.; liter¬ 
ary in any case); 
Melano (Dante), Milano; 
menestrello (mod. lit.), mi- 
(Tratt. Pecc. Mort.); 
menore (obs.), mi- (mod.); 
mescolanza (mod. anal, of mes- 
colo, etc.), miscianza (G. Vil- 
lani); 
mesenterio (mod. medical), mi- 
(Rucellai): 
mesfatto (Guittone), mis- (mod.); 
messere, mi- (Siena and obs.); 
meslea (from French, Old Sien¬ 
ese), mis- (Ciriff. et al.); 
mestiere, mi- (Compagni, Centil., 
living in the mountains); 
nepote (mod. illit), ni- (usual 
mod. form, Cavalcanti et al.); 
nessuno (mod. influence of n6, 
Pecorone et al.), ni- (mod. 
illit.) ; 
pe’ (prep. mod. illit. for per), pi’ 
(illit. and peasant word); 
pellicciato (influence of pelle, 
mod.), pi- (Fr. Giord. et al.); 
pesello (Alamanni), pi- (mod.); 
pestilenza (mod.), pistilenz(i)a 
(G. Villani, Caval., Bocc., 
Varchi, living in the moun¬ 
tains) ; 
petizione (mod.), pi- (Caval. et 
al.); 
pettirosso, pi- (peasant and mod. 
Pistoiese); 
pregione (obs.), pri- (mod.); 
quesito, qui- (both mod., the lat¬ 
ter illit.) ; 
questionare, qui- (both mod., qui- 
more pop. and in Bocc.); 
registro (mod.), ligistro (obs.); 
reflente, ripentino (obs.); 
resia 13 (illit.), risiarche (Chiosat. 
Dante; both aphetic); 
resipola, ri- (both mod., ri- pre¬ 
ferred) ; 
retaggio (mod. lit. poet.), ri- 
(obs.); 
rettorica, ritorica (G. Vill.); 
sedere, si- (Dante); 
seguire, si- (Pucci); 
sempatia (illit., and peasant), 
sim- (mod.); 
seniscalso (obs.), siniscalco 
(mod.), siscalco (Barb.); 
smemorato, (mod.), smi- (obs.); 
sneghittire, sni- (obs.); j 
spessezza, spissitudine (obs.); 
tenore, ti- (Tav. Rit.); 
tepore, ti- (16th century), ti&~ 
(obs.); 
trebuto (obs., but living in the 
mountains), tri- (mod.); 
trebuno (13th century), tri- (old/ 
and mod.); 
trefoglio (obs.), tri- (old and 
mod.), tra- (peasant, by con¬ 
fusion with the prepositions 
tra); 
vedovile, vi- (obs.); 
veneziano, vini- (13th-16th cen¬ 
turies) ; 
Venezia, Vinegia (Pucci et al.); 
vestire (by anal, of vesto, etc.), 
vistita (Maestro Francesco 14 ); 
zenzania (14th century), zin- (14th 
century and peasant), zizzania, 
£i£ana. 
21. BEFORE R. —The usual development is to E. 
22. EXAMPLES: 
(a) bergamotta, berillo, berretta, bersaglio, bertuello (and 
bertabello; <vertevellu-), cerfoglio, cerimonia, cerretano, eer- 
vello, derrata, ferragosto (<fesiae> feriae augusti), ghermi- 
13. Resia, resipola, retaggio, are also aphetic forms. 
14. A Florentine, see Monaci, p. 309. 
