Latin minimal pairs distinguished only by vowel length

[Serenus]

It seems you were trying to word it as lewdly as possible.

Well, I was aiming for a like from @Glabrigausapes for it

 

[Serenus]

magis 'more'
magīs, dat./abl. pl. of magus

And I only realized this after I saw someone say,

decet magis magis tacere

 

[Bestiola]

Hmm I think it's more of an adverbial form of "magnus".

Vaan's dictionary entry confirms that.

 

[Pacifica]

Serenus wasn't talking about etymology. He was just pointing out that the two words sound the same except for one difference in vowel length (such pairs of words are the topic of this thread).

 

[Bestiola]

Serenus wasn't talking about etymology. He was just pointing out that the two words sound the same except for one difference in vowel length (such pairs of words are the topic of this thread).

Ah, thanks. I'm too tired.

 

[Iáson]

amandō < amāre
āmandō = relēgō

 

[Serenus]

alis 'you feed' (form of alō alere)
alis, archaic nominative and genitive variant of alius and alterius, with dative alei>alī, still found in some 1st c. BC authors (Lucretius, Catullus, a fragment of Sallust)
ālīs, dat./abl. plural form of (h)ālum n., also attested as ālus f., meaning some kind of plant like comfrey or a garlic variant
ālīs 'with wings, for the wings' (form of āla ālae)

 

[Serenus]

sāga 'female soothsayer'
săga 'military cloaks' (plural of săgum)

 

[Iáson]

mīliārius ~ mille (LSJ 'mīlīārius' sed cūr prōdūcant alteram uōcālem nescio.)
miliārius ~ milium (genus frūmentī)
=>
mīliāria = lapidēs quī mīlia passuum indicant (n. pl.)
miliāria = auis quae miliō fit pinguis (f. sg.)