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Pronouncing (Classical) Latin

Pronouncing (Classical) Latin. The Alphabet. It is the same as English except… There is “j” or “w” Division of vowels and consonants is the same except… When “i” occurs between vowels (e.g. peior) or is before a vowels at the beginnning of a word (e.g. iacio). Vowels.

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Pronouncing (Classical) Latin

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  1. Pronouncing (Classical) Latin

  2. The Alphabet • It is the same as English except… • There is “j” or “w” • Division of vowels and consonants is the same except… • When “i” • occurs between vowels (e.g. peior) • or is before a vowels at the beginnning of a word (e.g. iacio)

  3. Vowels • Each vowel has two sounds • Long • Short • Indicated by a line, called a macron, if is long

  4. Vowels continued • Six diphthongs—acombination of two vowels to make one sound

  5. Syllabification • Each Latin word has as many syllables as vowels or diphthongs • A consonant between two vowels goes with the following one • n.b. consonantal i is not a vowel • not u when it has the w sound after g, q, and sometimes s • Examples • numerus = • nu’ me rus • lingua = • lin’ gua • aedificium = • aedifi’ ci um • The last syllable is the ultima, next to last is the penult, the one before that is the antepenult

  6. Syllable Names do min us Antepenult Ultima Penult

  7. Accent • Words of two syllables are accented on the first syllable • lin’ gua • Ro’ ma • tan’ go • Words with three or more syllables • accent the Penult if it’s long • a mī’ cus • mo nē’ tur • otherwise accent the Antepenult • nu’ me rus • do’ min us • aedifi’ ci um

  8. A Text Marked for ease of reading. • HostēsMinucium, ducemRōmānum, et mīlitēsejus in locōaliēnōmagnāvīpreµiebant. Ubi id nūntiātumest, omnēsRōmānītimentēs vim hostiumcupīvēruntCincinnātumdictātōremfacere, quod is sōlusRōmam ā perīculōnōnlevīprohibēre et cīvitātemservārepoterat. IlletrānsTiberimeō tempore agrumparvumccolēbat. Nūntiī ā senātūmissīeum in agrōlabōranteminvēnērunt et cōnstitērunt. Salūte data acceptāque, Cincinnātusuxōremparāretogamiussisedīcitur; namnōnoportēbat sine toga nūntiōsaudīre.

  9. Listen to an example. arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram, multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio; genus unde Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae. Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso quidve dolens regina deum tot volvere insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit. tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

  10. Now you try. • Hī nūntiī eum dictātōrem appellant et dīcunt: “Mīlitēs nostrī ab hostibus premuntur et cīvēs terrentur. Perīculum nostrum nōn leve est. Hostēs nōn consistent sed mox ad portās nostrās ipsās venient. Auxilium tuum rogāmus.” • Itaque Cincinnātus, vōcibus eōrum adductus, contra hostēs contendit. Rōmānī, tēlīs iactīs, hostēs opprimunt et castra expugnant. Minuciō servātō, Cincinnātus dīcitur hostēs sub iugum mīsisse. Tum, nūllīs hostibus prohibentibus, mīlitēs ad urbem redūxit et triumphāvit. Vīs hostium frācta erat.

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