Reconstruction talk:Latin/cadentia

Does it happen often that a neut.pl. is reinterpreted as a fem.sing.? Are there other examples I can see? --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 00:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

There exist circumferentia (from circumferens); funérailles was from a neuter plural; légende came from a neuter plural; agenda is feminine in some of the Romance languages; andouille is feminine in French whilst being from a neuter noun. miribilia is a ‘neuter plural treated in V.L. as a feminine singular;’ cronique was from a noun that was a ‘neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular.’ Does that answer your enquiry, madame or sir? --Æ&Œ (talk) 06:09, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you very much. The examples and links are very helpful. --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 20:07, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Attested?

@Nicodene Do all Latin attestations of cadentia have a participial, rather than nominal sense? Kwékwlos (talk) 14:58, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@Kwékwlos The main thing to look for would be a 'cadentia' acting as a feminine singular, with the sense of '(the act of) falling'. I've yet to find anything like it, but it could be attested somewhere for all we know. If someone can hunt down a secure attestation from the right time period, we can move move this to a mainspace entry. Nicodene (talk) 18:42, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

It's very hard. Kwékwlos (talk) 00:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)