Schlatter—The Development of the Vowel. 
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from tvayyiXiov; ehiesa, giesa, clesia, etc., from iKKXrjala; 
pifania (mod. peasant), befania (mod. illit.), from epifania, 
from eVt^avcia —also Befana 2 ; rondine, from hirundine-; 
leccio, “quercus ilex,” from *iliceu-, Classic I- 3 ; saggio, sag- 
giare, from exagiu-, etc. 4 5 ; matita, from ai/umrqs 6 ; timologia 
(14th century), for etimologia; guaglianza, gualivo, for egua- 
glianza, eguale, from aequale-, etc.; pistola, for epistola; cu- 
lomia, colomia (mod. peasant), for economia; snto, for es- 
suto; zotico, from iSiwtikos 6 ; pilessia (mod. peasant), for 
epilessia; patta, for epatta (English epact) ; patico. for epa- 
tico; Talia (13th century), Taliano (mod. peasant), for Italia, 
etc. 7 ; pataffio, for (e)pitaffio; lisire, lisirvite, for elisire, elisir- 
vite; lastico, lasti'o (peasant), for elastico; yentuale, for even¬ 
tuate; piteto, pitetto, for epiteto; pocrisia (Jacopone and mod. 
illit.), for ipocrisia; hernia, —“mantello di donna”, from Hi¬ 
bernia; mendanza, for ammenda; clittica, for eclittica; com¬ 
pounds in which ECCE-EIJM (>ecco and eccu’) have entered, 
—quelui, queloro, (at Arezzo), cola, codesto, costa, cotale, co- 
tanto, colui, eosi, quinci, quindi, qui, et sim.; burro, 
for eburro, —‘avorio”; likewise burneo; riccio, from ericiu-; 
ruca, ruchetta from eruca (in Horace; uruca is also a Classic 
form) ; rore, for errore; ratio, in the expression (obsolete) “an- 
dar ratio”,— “bighelloni, oziando”, from *errativu- 8 ; ruggine, 
from aerugine-; resipola, risipola, from epvc-urlXa^ retico, resia, 
risiarche, etc., for eretico, etc.; romaiolo, ramaiolo, = “sorta di 
cucchiaio,” from aermariolu-; rame, from aerame-; ramarro, 
if derived from aeramen 9 ; dificio, dificare, etc., for edificio, etc.; 
2. From the form accented epifhnia, as pana from pania, etc.; for the 
B, cf. bottega. 
3. See Ulrich ZRPh XIX 576. and Grober, ALL III 143. 
4. There is also a form esagio, “la 6a parte dell’oncia,” cf. Spanish 
ensayo, asayar, ensayar. See Canello, AG III 392, and Grober, ALL II 
279. 
5. Other non-aphetic forms are ematite, ematita, amatita; the “blood¬ 
stone”,—see Canello, AG III 392. 
6. Semi-learned. See Calx, Studi, No. 68. Manage thought cf exoti- 
cus, but Diez doubted the development of X to Z. 
7. “In ’Talia” is used in Andrea da Barberino; cf. also Pleri, AG XII, 
153. 
8. Cf. Old Spanish radio. 
9. Cf., in English, the name copper-snake; but see Flechia, AG III 162. 
There are also the forms ramaolo and ramavolo in the Montagna pis- 
toiese. 
