User:Pmanderson/Latin


 * See http://books.google.com/books?id=c7YAAAAAYAAJ for Mary Louise Smith's Latin Lessons''.

ā ē ī ō ū ā ē ī ō ū iōr

¯  ˘ x


 * Ā as in father: lātus; a as in idea: ab.
 * Ē as in they : lātē. e as in net: et.
 * Ī as in machine : dīcō. i as in cigar: in.
 * Ō as in old: mōns. o as in wholly : rosa.
 * Ū as in rude: mūrus. u as in put : sub.


 * ae like ai in aisle: prae. ei like ei in reign: hei.
 * au like ow in how: laudō. eu like eu in feud: neuter
 * oe like oi in oil: proelium. ui like we: cui (kwe).


 * c like c in can : castra.
 * g like g in get : gerō.
 * s like s in yes : cōnsul.
 * t like t in tin : tertia. (Never soft like sh.)
 * v like w in went : ventus.
 * z like dz in adze: zōna
 * i (consonant) has the sound of y in yet: iubeō
 * ch is k + h as in backhoe: pulcher

A syllable is long if Otherwise it is short.
 * it has a long vowel
 * it has a diphthong
 * it is followed by two consonants or x or z. (there are a handful of exceptions).

Words of two syllables are always accented on the first: mēn' sa. Words of three syllables or more are accented on the next-to-last (penult) syllable if the syllable is long; else on the third to last (antepenult): Rōmanō'rum, but in'colae.