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    "title": "An Artificial <em>i</em>-Stem in Non-Primary Derivation: The Morphology of Mycenaean <em>te-mi-dwe</em> and Homeric τερμιόεις",
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    "abstract": "<p>This paper clarifies the morphological development of Homeric τερμιόεις ‘fringed, hemmed, edged’ and re-examines its relationship with<br>Mycenaean <em>te-mi-dwe</em> ‘wedged’. Earlier accounts, notably Meier (1975:75), interpret τερμιόεις as preserving an archaic <em>i</em>-stem base, with the once-attested Linear B form <em>ṭẹ-mi-we-te</em> (neuter nominative dual) taken as direct evidence for such a formation in Mycenaean. Through a reassessment of the Linear B dossier, I argue that this form is more plausibly explained as a scribal error for <em>te-mi-de-we-te</em>, consistent with the <em>id</em>-stem base attested elsewhere in the corpus. I further show that only the <em>id</em>-stem variant yields metrically acceptable forms in hexametric poetry, whereas a Proto-Greek <em>i</em>-stem-based *<em>termi-went</em>- would not scan without the addition of linking -<em>o</em>-, a feature absent in Mycenaean and demonstrably secondary in Homeric *-<em>went</em>-adjectives. I therefore argue for a reversal of the trajectory described by Meier. Rather than preserving an older form, Homeric τερμιόεις is best viewed as an innovative reshaping influenced by poetic constraints and contamination with other -ιόεις adjectives. This proposal aligns with recent findings in the study of artificial <em>i</em>-stems in the Homeric <em>Kunstsprache</em>, chiefly van Beek 2022a and Lundquist 2023.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
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            "word": "Homeric"
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            "word": "Mycenaean"
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            "word": "archaic"
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            "word": "i-stem"
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            "word": "scribal error"
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            "word": "Kunstsprache"
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            "first_name": "Paolo",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Sabattini",
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            "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles",
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            "country": "United States"
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": "2025-12-12T23:27:00Z",
    "date_published": "2026-01-22T06:17:00Z",
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