...lengthen a vowel by position ? What if both stand at the beginning of the next word ? What is said of a short vowel at the end of a word before a double consonant or j ? * What is the rule for a vowel before a mute and a liquid ? t What if the vowel...

...lengthen a vowel by position ? What if both stand at the beginning of the next word ? What is said of a short vowel at the end of a word before a double conso nant or j ? * What is the rule for a vowel before a mute and a liquid ? t What if the...

...of Lucretius ; but they generally avoid with care such a collocation.2 Of the initial X and Z. RULE. A short vowel at the end of a word, before a word beginning with x or z, remains short. At least, there is no evidence at all that it was ever lengthened.3 Ennius....

...sq, st, and this collocation ought never to be introduced into modern Latin poetry. With regard to a short vowel at the end of a word, before a word beginning with X or Z, there is no evidence whatsoever that it was ever lengthened ; indeed, there is no evidence...

...108. Generally speaking, ELISION signifies the contraction of two syllables INTO ONE by cutting off a vowel at the end of a word before a word beginning with a vowel. Examples: l'arbre for "le arbre," l'enfant for "le enfant." The letter elided and replaced by an apostrophe...

...for the same reason as here. Let me make it clear why this emendation seems to be called for. A long vowel at the end of a word before a word beginning with a vowel is not usually shortened in cases where elision has already taken place, the sacrifice of a short vowel...

...thus, ¿ trepot = árepot, oí (repot — àrepoi ; but roí èripov = ffovrepov (64) . ELISION TO. Elision is the expulsion of a short vowel at the end...apostrophe (') marks the place where the vowel is elided. dXX'(4) iye, ÍAüHt'(a) (»via., (ф' (=Arl) ¿OUTOÛ (64), *x«M (0 *»i yt*>ir'(o) ír. a. Elision...