Latin Pronunciation: A Short Exposition of the Roman Method

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[1] In the _Carmen Saliare_ we find _Leucesie_, a vocative of the later _Lucelius_ from the root of _lux_. Cf. Paull. ex Fest. p. 114 (Müller).

[2] See Richardson's _Roman Orthoëpy_, pp. 83-106. This little book, which is unfortunately out of print, contains some exceedingly good points very cleverly put, though the view that it takes of certain phonetic questions is one that more recent scholarship does not accept.

VI. A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SUBJECT.

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[See also articles by Prof. Max Müller and Mr. Munro in the _Academy_, Feb. 15, 1871; Dec. 15, 1871; and Jan. 11, 1872; and by Prof. J. C. Jones in the _Classical Review_, Feb. 1893.]

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