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334 The Loom of Language § W GREEK L BY IONIC 90 B c K TEM AS * JH 2l § pq jjj si a I "5 «^ |-§ s S ^ | 2? Cq l^"& ' SJ K & Q TNJ MJ *ft: ^i-s1 *^ § ^ ^j j^ K a CL, « hi ph ^«§ 2 5- "" S? ^ <u » s*^ gee1 S^ | 3 8 ^ C3 a there was thus the same competition between synthesis and isolation as we now see in English (cf. pretty-prettier^ handsome-more handsome) In later Latin the plus and magis trick became the prevailing pattern