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ESSAY II
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has influenced the word for “thousand”, and so both r′s, that of ratus and that of ribu, have been dropped. — For analogous modifications of numerals through the influence of other numerals, see §§ 33 and 183, where nomu has acquired its u from pitu.

142. There is no Common IN type for the formation of the numerals 11-19.