Incropera

Afrika und Übersee, 2023

The main Ge'ez (Classical Ethiopic) verbal adjective is characterized by an ǝ-u vowel melody. Based on cognate evidence, the most basic form of this adjective, 0 1-stem 1ǝ2u3, derives from a *1a2uː3-pattern and thus shows assimilation of *aCuː > ǝCu. This assimilation does not operate in a set of specialized numerals shaped like 1ä2u3, which should be reconstructed as *1a2u3-with short *u. Short *u also yields Ge'ez u in the nonaccusative case of the masculine cardinal numerals, like *ɬalaːθtu > śälästu 'three'; this ending goes back to the Proto-Semitic diptotic nominative. The assimilation of *aCuː > ǝCu, on the other hand, also affected the personal pronoun *huːʔa-tuː > wǝʾǝtu, the perfect of fientive verbs like *gabaruː > gäbru 'they did', and the jussive of stative verbs like *yitrapuː > yǝtrǝfu 'may they remain'. Ə was leveled to other parts of these paradigms, solving several longstanding problems of Ge'ez morphology.

Proceedings 2003 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education. MSE'03, 2003

Cours PG. 2006/2007

A Review of the Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy, 2023

Adrienne Mayor’s The Poison King is a fascinating biography of Mithradates Eupator Dionysus, one of the most controversial monarchs of ancient history who has been especially neglected by scholars of Iranian history. This biography, like any other about ancient heroes, is full of tales, legends, stories, and historical narratives and its crafty author knows how to distinguish between fact and fiction. The book contains 15 chapters, in which, other than the first, the remaining chapters are arranged based on Mithradates’ life, from his birth to his death.