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De Pronuntiatione Graecae Et Latinae Linguae
De Pronuntiatione Graecae Et Latinae Linguae
John Caius
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Title: De Pronunciatione Graecae & Latinae Linguae
De Pronuntiatione Graecae et Latinae Linguae
Author: John Caius
Editor: E. S. Roberts
Release Date: September 11, 2008 [EBook #26570]
Language: Latin
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W rks_. The edt rs genera ntr duct n says:
In ths v ume n attempt has been made t pr duce a facsme
reprnt. Even f such a desgn had been entertaned, the great
varety f f rm n whch the rgna edt ns were ssued w ud
have made t mp ssbe t carry ut the re-ssue wth any
unf rmty. Obv us msprnts have been c rrected, but where a
dfference n speng n the same w rk r n the same page--_e.g._
_baccaarus_, _baccaaureus_--s ceary due t the varyng
practce f the wrter and n t t the prnter, the w rds have been
eft as they st d n the rgna. On the ther hand the accents
n the very numer us Greek qu tat ns have been c rrected.
Numbers n parentheses were prnted n the gutter; they pr baby
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IOANNIS CAII
ANGLI,
De
Pr nuncat ne Grc & Latn
ngu cum scrpt ne n va
beus.
[Lege ect r & udca.] Scrpturus de n ua Grc & Latn
ngu pr nuncat ne (3) & scrpt ne n ua, sper me sne
ffens ne cuusquam d facturum. Lbera enm reg hc
semper fut, & ber s n ea p rtet esse h mnes. Nequ
enm qu s ut anm famarter scrb c nsuerunt,
temp rbus sts excuduntur: ets pena grautats mna
sunt. N n enm ad graues aut exerctat s, sed eues &
nexerctat s scrb : & e s rat ne & usu d ce , qu s nec
usus nec nga vta nsttut. Cum essem n Itaa graues
vr s grauter & cum dec r pr nuncantes audebam. Cum n
Brtannam veneram, n u s vr s, n u qu dam pr nuncat ns
genere mna pers nare ffendebam. Hc taqu sc c gtabam
apud me. Cum nec R m, nec n unuersa Itaa, m ver cum
nequ n Germana, Gaa, neque Bega, nec ab gentum,
qum n n stra Brtanna uum unquam verbum de
pr nuncat ne a n ua, uau ment aut sgnfcat tum
fut, n uam pr nuncat nem ab n usu n n fusse qum n
Brtanna cert scre cet. Nequ ea tamen unuersa, sed
cert qu dam c , n qu per ea temp ra rat res n u
mperabant. Sc tamen hc refer , ut e s pr pter teras
aasque vrtutes vehementer amem & suspcam: pr pter hc
ver audem mnm. Cuus re a qu cert me cepsset
admrat , cum & Pautus scrbat n Casna, vetera n us
esse me ra, de que sapent res esse qu utuntur vn
veter, qum qu n u : qu veteres spectent fabuas, qum
qu n uas: qu vetera pera atqu verba, qum qu n ua: qu
ustata, quam qu nsueta: (4) qu veteres c mdas, qum
qu n uas: qu veter denque numm , qum nuper nat . Thus
qu que vetus n u d ratus esse, pr uerb ceebratur,
usque ade ut dem, rem maam, sed n tam & ustatam, ptmam
esse dcat n Trnumm . Nam qu n ua sunt, ets ptma,
tamen pr pter ns entam vdentur pessma, & fer p test
ut usu experars taa cum percu , cum decnare n n st
futurum ntegrum. Etenm sp vat rem n ua n n vetus rbta
fat. Quare vetustatem su c c nseruandam, n utates,
ets spem me rum afferant, repudandas esse Pautus
c nsut: nec n utates n s mags ad nqurendas causas
exctare, qum magntudnes rerum debere: e sque err res
qu s rerum n utates attuerunt, natur rat ne depeere
p rtere M.Tuus exstmat. Sed n str rum h mnum est,
semper n uum crbrum, n u pax prm s suspendere, et
cum pr uerb : Super rum temp rum mna me ra, qud & usu
c nfrmata sunt, & pace tranqua, cuus & v x ducs et
res psa sautars est. Lacedm nj ver usque ade
f rmdabant rerum n utates, atque etam ad earum
rec rdat nem tant pere nh rrescebant, ut ege ata
sancuernt, ne qus nn uare qucquam auderet, qu ch rda
c suspensa prus n n pr dret, ut s de n utate
c nsum parum paceret, audac su pnas daret. Etenm
euentus var s res n ua semper habet, ut C rneus Gaus
scrbt, & magna ex parte percu s s: sc ut sue v
mperare ves hanc pr nuncat nem n uam, sue stutt
bandments uuentut nstare, mp rtunum hac tate
facs, m uere qu stabta sunt, cum prsertm mnum rerum
mutat nes cdem, fugam, aaque h sta (ut Saustus
at) p rtendant. [In be Iugurth. f . 35.] Usque n
cubus c nsst , mna enm secundum materam subectam
nteg . Ex qubus scre cet nequ antquata n usum
esse reu canda, neque n ua esse ampectenda, neque extra
pubcam vam esse defectendum, sed cum (9) pr nuncat ns
antqutas euanuert (s ater m pr nuncarunt qum
h d n s pr fermus) usum scentamque prstare n s debere
eus, qua prsentes utmur: ut d ct vr s ent, qu
scentam sb reseruant, usum autem quend p pu
c ncedunt, qu quendum ut mut, sentendum ut pauc
sapenter prcpunt, nec mmutandum qucquam nc nstanter
censent: nec m uenda esse rerum n utatbus qu bene
c nsttuta et c nfrmata sunt exstmant, ets vetustats
specem sb nduant. Etenm n n est quam brem n hac ben
c nfrmata repub. terara qus vet am dcere, re san
agrest atque rud, _ques_ pr _qubus_, nec _veas_ pr
_vas_, nec _ _ pr __, _maret _ pr _mart _, nec
_maxum_ pr _maxm_, nec _sueuerat_ pr _c nsueuerat_,
nec _dec _, _edus_, _puchra_, _vet_, _ube_, _que_,
_hec_, _fmna_, _su m_, _deext_, _h runc_, _abe_,
_er dta_, _pcta_, _aua_, _nepa_, qu am bs euerunt,
& repetta m esta sunt, & nterturbant mna, pr _dc _,
_dus_, _puchr_, _vt_, _ub_, _qu_, _hc_, _fmn_,
_suum_, _dext_, _hunc_, _ab_, _erudta_, _pct_,
_au_, _nep_, ut nec muta aa pr pter carmns
necesstatem, aut ajs pr pter affectat nem, n n pr pter
me rem scrbend aut pr nuncand rat nem ustata. Nequ
enm pr pter ns entam aures erudt rum hc ferre p ssent,
ns qu d P ets ber h mnum gener pr pter e rum gatam
rat nem semper fut p testas qudbet audend. Ext n
mmensum facunda centa vatum: nqut Oudus: Obgat
hst rca nec sua verba fde. Hnc apud e s, Tm us habet
aures, satant quercus, aues quuntur, et saxa funt
h mnes. Utuntur tamen h d haud dssm pr nuncand
genere, qu d B reasmum seu Sc tsmum n mnamus
(quemadm dum Acbades Labdacsm ) qua B reabus Angs
(qu s Cad n s Brtann s Lucanus v cat) atqu Sc ts(10)
vcns est n usu, dum _saba_, _taba_, _vata_, _ata_
dcant, cum _sb_, _tb_, _vta_, _ta_, pr nuncandum
st. M rdcus tamen retnent n n rat ne sed pertnaca, &
petuanta: ets austrabus Angs ta vug c ntemntur
h c pr nuncat ns genus, ut Phascs seu Thuscs
Berg mense apud Ita s. Est enm ruds & nc ndt vug,
qubus ut est dec rum patr m re qu: ta austrabus
Angs vad ndec rum a ut qum su . Lcet tamen hc
c ntempar udcum uuentuts, qu vta pr vrtutbus
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