A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usage : to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latiln Proper Names, in which the Words are Arranged According to Their Final Syllables, and Classed According to Their Accents : by which the General Analogy of Pronunciation May be Seen at One View, and the Accentuation of Each Word More Earily Remembered : Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity : with Some Probable Conjectures on the Method of Freeing Them from the Obscurity and Confusion in which They are Involved, Both by the Ancients and Moderns ...authors, 1804 - 285 páginas |
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Página xii
... short sound totally different . Thus the short 66 sound of e lengthened is expressed by the letter a , and the short sound of lengthened is expressed by the lettere : and with all these anomalies usual in the application of vowel- ( 6 ...
... short sound totally different . Thus the short 66 sound of e lengthened is expressed by the letter a , and the short sound of lengthened is expressed by the lettere : and with all these anomalies usual in the application of vowel- ( 6 ...
Página xiii
... short even in this case , as in oblivio , vinea , virium . The only difference we make in pronunciation be- tween vinea and venia is , that to the vowel of the first syllable of the former , which ought to be long , we give a short ...
... short even in this case , as in oblivio , vinea , virium . The only difference we make in pronunciation be- tween vinea and venia is , that to the vowel of the first syllable of the former , which ought to be long , we give a short ...
Página xiv
... short quantity . 46 To preserve , then , in our pronunciation , the true harmony of 66 the language , we have only to take care to give the vowels a long sound or a short sound , as the quantity may require ; and , when doubled ...
... short quantity . 46 To preserve , then , in our pronunciation , the true harmony of 66 the language , we have only to take care to give the vowels a long sound or a short sound , as the quantity may require ; and , when doubled ...
Página xv
... short , we accent the antepenultimate . The Rules of the Latin Accentuation are comprised in a clear and concise manner by Sanctius within four hexameters : Accentum in se ipsâ monosyllaba dictio ponit . Exacuit sedem dissyllabon omne ...
... short , we accent the antepenultimate . The Rules of the Latin Accentuation are comprised in a clear and concise manner by Sanctius within four hexameters : Accentum in se ipsâ monosyllaba dictio ponit . Exacuit sedem dissyllabon omne ...
Página xvii
... short , the accent is placed on the antepenultimate , exactly as if they were Latin * As these languages have been long dead , they admit of no new varieties of accent like the living languages . The common accentuation of Greek and ...
... short , the accent is placed on the antepenultimate , exactly as if they were Latin * As these languages have been long dead , they admit of no new varieties of accent like the living languages . The common accentuation of Greek and ...
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accent and quantity Accent the Antepenultimate Accent the Penultimate accent this word accented syllable acute accent adjective adopted Ainsworth analogy ancients anglicised antepenultimate accent antepenultimate syllable chus ci-a circumflex consonants COOKE's Hesiod Critical Pronouncing Dictionary diphthong ending a syllable English pronunciation English words Forster Gouldman grave accent Greek and Latin Greek language Greek or Latin Greek word Hebrew Hesiod Holyoke human voice Idomeneus inflexion Initial Vocabulary Iphigenia Iphimedia Kir'jath Labbe last syllable LATIN ACCENT Latin languages Latin Proper Names Latin words learned Lempriere letters long quantity loud louder Milton Nemuel noun eye nounced observed penultimate accent penultimate syllable phis pi-a place the accent preceding prefixed pronun pronunciation pronunciation of Greek prosodists prosody Rule says Scotch second syllable she-a si-a singing soft speaking sounds suppose syllable Terminational Vocabulary Theog three syllables ti-a tone unaccented syllable verse vowel written
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Página 218 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Página 60 - You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Página 284 - Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Página 267 - In nnaqnaque parle orationis arsis et thesis sunt velut in " hac parte natura : ut quando dico natu, elevatur vox et est arsis in tu : " quando vero ra deprimitur vox et est thesis." Any one would conclude from this description of the rising and falling of the voice upon this word, that it could only be pronounced one way, and that there was no difference...
Página 255 - It is well known, however, that the resistance to a change, whether from a low to a high, or from a high to a low range of prices, is at first very considerable, and that there is generally a pause of greater or less duration before the turn becomes manifest ; in the interval, while sales are difficult or impracticable, unless at a difference in price, which the buyer, in the one case, and the seller, in the other...
Página 248 - Suspends the infant audience with her tales, Breathing astonishment! of witching rhymes, And evil spirits; of the death-bed call Of him who robb'd the widow, and devour'd...
Página 248 - O yes ! 0 yes ! in a perfect sameness of Voice. But however ridiculous the monotone in speaking may be in the above-mentioned characters, in certain solemn and sublime passages in poetry it has a wonderful...
Página xxviii - Words of two syllables, either Greek or Latin, whatever be the quantity in the original, have, in English pronunciation, the accent on the first syllable : and if a single consonant come between...