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Page 154
... vowels or diphthongs . In short , trochaic vowel endings should be used sparingly , and should be almost entirely confined to cases where an adjective precedes a noun with similar ending ; e.g. mortalia corda , umida lina , florea rura ...
... vowels or diphthongs . In short , trochaic vowel endings should be used sparingly , and should be almost entirely confined to cases where an adjective precedes a noun with similar ending ; e.g. mortalia corda , umida lina , florea rura ...
Page 167
... vowels offers some difficulty . It is harder to fuse a long vowel into a following short than a short into a long : e.g. open vowels like ō and ū into ǎ , ě , than ă , ĕ into ō and ū . For the process is not simply the dropping of the final ...
... vowels offers some difficulty . It is harder to fuse a long vowel into a following short than a short into a long : e.g. open vowels like ō and ū into ǎ , ě , than ă , ĕ into ō and ū . For the process is not simply the dropping of the final ...
Page 168
... vowel and an accented syllable than before a short vowel and unaccented syllable . Hence A. x . 179 , Alpheae ab origine , is harsh , because really after elision there remains a hiatus , which causes difficulty in articulation ...
... vowel and an accented syllable than before a short vowel and unaccented syllable . Hence A. x . 179 , Alpheae ab origine , is harsh , because really after elision there remains a hiatus , which causes difficulty in articulation ...
Page 169
... short , are not often elided before a short vowel ; e.g. certe ego , quare age , vix ita ego , would be permissible , but not sed pia ǎgo , soli ča . Spondaic disyllables are oftener elided before a long syllable ; e.g. saxo atque , at ...
... short , are not often elided before a short vowel ; e.g. certe ego , quare age , vix ita ego , would be permissible , but not sed pia ǎgo , soli ča . Spondaic disyllables are oftener elided before a long syllable ; e.g. saxo atque , at ...
Page 170
... vowels , arranged according to their ease in elision , was given on p . 167 , the smoother in elision coming first . 1. ě , ǎ , ŏ , Ĭ . 2. am , em , im , om , um ( in sound between a long and short vowel ) . 3. ē , ī . 4. ae , oe , ō ...
... vowels , arranged according to their ease in elision , was given on p . 167 , the smoother in elision coming first . 1. ě , ǎ , ŏ , Ĭ . 2. am , em , im , om , um ( in sound between a long and short vowel ) . 3. ē , ī . 4. ae , oe , ō ...
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