Comment Comment by thaumasiotes Thanks!Minor note: I was taught that forms of esse are weak enough that they lose their vowel to elision, so it would be de.co:.rust.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProdelisionThis seems like it would never matter for esse or est, but I guess it could preserve a long vowel in a case like -V: es V-. parent thaumasiotes 8 months ago
Minor note: I was taught that forms of esse are weak enough that they lose their vowel to elision, so it would be de.co:.rust.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodelision
This seems like it would never matter for esse or est, but I guess it could preserve a long vowel in a case like -V: es V-.