Latin A-Level
Vowel weakening in the base
What Vowel weakening in the base means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Vowel weakening in the base
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Reference: OCR
Vowels may weaken or syncopate in the base, as when facere appears as -ficere in perficere.
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- 5d. Latin Accidence and Syntax - Accidence (OCR A-Level)
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