Quantity and Accent in Latin
An Introduction to the Reading of Latin Aloud

First published in 1930, this book presents an introduction to the core aspects of Latin pronunciation.

F. W. Westaway (Author)

9781107432994, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 October 2014

146 pages
17.8 x 12.7 x 0.9 cm, 0.15 kg

First published in 1930, as the second edition of a 1913 original, this book presents an introduction to the core aspects of Latin pronunciation. Textual notes are incorporated throughout and a detailed bibliography is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Latin and the history of education.

1. Latin and English vowels
2. Latin and English diphthongs
3. Latin and English consonants
4. I and U as consonants
5. Doubled consonants
6. Latin syllables
7. Elision of vowels. Slurring
8. Quantity
9. Hidden quantity
10. Accent
11. General remarks on quantity and accent
12. Prose and verse. Accent and ictus
13. Words frequently mispronounced
14. Exercises
15. Selected passages, marked for reading
16. The phrasing of Latin words for reading
17. Ancient writers' references to Greek and Latin accent
Appendix. From the plaint of a scholarly rimester of a century ago
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]