A pronouncing, explanatory, and synonymous dictionary of the English language - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...and Hyperi'my are, in English, often pronounced Oran'icus and Hyperion. Walker erroneously repreeenti Labbe a» otnerting; " that the Latin poeU very frequently dinolTed the diphthong into two yllablca." Labbe, on the contrary, admiu that the ancient Latin poeu " alraoii alwayi," ftrt temper, preaerre the diphthong. Greek, Latin, and Hebrew names, introduced into modern languages, naturally acquire, in sound and rhythm, the main characteristics of the different languages which receive them. That which is chiefly attended to and sought after, in classical names, is the seat of the accent; and when tbe seat of the accent and the syllabication are determined, these names are pronounced, in the English lan guage, according to the powers of tbe letters in common English words. In Greek and Latin names, tbe letter g baa its soft sound before the vowels e, i, and y, and before the diphthongs te and «; but tn most Scripture proper names it has its hard sound before these vowels. The letters cA, in Greek and Latin names, and likewise in almost all Hebrew names, are sounded hard, like k. Every final t, though unaccented, has its long open sound, as in Abolani. But when i, or its equivalent y, ends an unaccented first syllable of a word, it has, in some cases, its long sound, as in Burnor,in some, it takes the indistinct sound of «, as in Cilicia; and in some it is difficult to determine which of these sounds is to be preferred, as there is a want of agreement with respect to them both among orthoepista and good speakers. RULES OF PRONUNCIATION. The following Rides, which have been taken substantially from Walker, are referred to by the Figures in the following Vocabulary. and Theodotion are Anglicized, the last syllable being pronoun...