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... lengthened the preceding syllable : but then the nearest approach to such a labialised k is kw , certainly not kv ( comp . Quint . 12 . 10. § 29 ) . 3. The vowel o , when following v ( consonant or vowel ) , was retained till the ...
... lengthened the preceding syllable : but then the nearest approach to such a labialised k is kw , certainly not kv ( comp . Quint . 12 . 10. § 29 ) . 3. The vowel o , when following v ( consonant or vowel ) , was retained till the ...
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... lengthened the preceding vowel ( § 167 ) . Now s and ʼn agree in being voiceless continuous consonants . And voiceless consonants are just those before which ʼn is so short , as scarcely to add any appreciable sound to the syllable ...
... lengthened the preceding vowel ( § 167 ) . Now s and ʼn agree in being voiceless continuous consonants . And voiceless consonants are just those before which ʼn is so short , as scarcely to add any appreciable sound to the syllable ...
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... lengthened . Curtius has made the origin of the long vowel in the nominative case of certain classes of Greek substantives the subject of an instructive essay ( as indeed all he writes is instructive ) , Studien , II . 159-175 ; and has ...
... lengthened . Curtius has made the origin of the long vowel in the nominative case of certain classes of Greek substantives the subject of an instructive essay ( as indeed all he writes is instructive ) , Studien , II . 159-175 ; and has ...
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... lengthened in compensation , as it is called ( see below , § 273. 4 ) , for an omitted consonant , they become ɛɩ and ov . But when ao and oa are contracted , we get ∞ in Attic : when ae is contracted , we get a ; from ea , usually in ...
... lengthened in compensation , as it is called ( see below , § 273. 4 ) , for an omitted consonant , they become ɛɩ and ov . But when ao and oa are contracted , we get ∞ in Attic : when ae is contracted , we get a ; from ea , usually in ...
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... lengthened by position ( § 167 ) . Mr Munro takes Priscian's statement1 ( II . 63 ) , that the vowel before gn was ... lengthened . In ignavus , & c . where the n is omitted , the i may be lengthened in compensation . Many words no doubt ...
... lengthened by position ( § 167 ) . Mr Munro takes Priscian's statement1 ( II . 63 ) , that the vowel before gn was ... lengthened . In ignavus , & c . where the n is omitted , the i may be lengthened in compensation . Many words no doubt ...
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