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Re: pronunciation question....

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, July 20, 2000, 4:29
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Cathy Whitlock wrote:

> Hello! I am new to the list, and its been quite interesting! I have a quick > question about Latin pronunciation. In the phrase "Domine ad adjuvandum me > festina", the emphasis of the words are DOmine ad ADjuvandum me fesTIna, > correct? Or is it adjuVANdum?
AdjuVANdum. Latin words are stressed on the 3rd from last syllable, unless the next to last syllable is either: "long by nature" (contains a long vowel or a diphthong) "long by position" (has 2 consonants after the vowel, other than a stop followed by "l" or "r"). -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux, de rapport nyait pas. -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit"