What are some examples of words which are distinguished only by vowel length in Latin?
The first that comes to my mind is nominative versus ablative singular in first-declension nouns, which covers a whole host of nouns of course, e.g. via versus viā.
Another I came across yesterday is pārēre ‘obey’ versus parere ‘give birth’.
And I think hīc ‘here’ versus hic ‘this’, unless they’re the same word or one is a form of the other?
What are some other examples?
The first that comes to my mind is nominative versus ablative singular in first-declension nouns, which covers a whole host of nouns of course, e.g. via versus viā.
Another I came across yesterday is pārēre ‘obey’ versus parere ‘give birth’.
And I think hīc ‘here’ versus hic ‘this’, unless they’re the same word or one is a form of the other?
What are some other examples?