The Project Gutenberg eBook of The pronunciation of Greek; accent and quantity. A philological inquiry
Title: The pronunciation of Greek; accent and quantity. A philological inquiry
Author: John Stuart Blackie
Release date: January 15, 2023 [eBook #69810]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024
Language: English
Original publication: United Kingdom: Sutherland and Knox, 1852
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THE
PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK;
ACCENT AND QUANTITY.
A PHILOLOGICAL INQUIRY.
BY
JOHN STUART BLACKIE,
PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
EDINBURGH: SUTHERLAND AND KNOX.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.
MDCCCLII.
EDINBURGH: T. CONSTABLE,
PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.
“Sit omnibus rebus suum senium, sua juventus; et ut verba verbis, sic etiam sonis sonos succedere permittamus.”—Bishop Gardiner.
“This new pronunciation hath since prevailed, whereby we Englishmen speak Greek, and are able to understand one another, which nobody else can.”—Thomas Fuller.
“Maxime cupio ut in omnibus Academiis nostris hodierna Græcorum pronuntiatio recipiatur.”—Boissonade.
“Neque dubitamus quin Erasmus, si in tantam Græcæ pronuntiationis discrepantiam incidisset, vulgarem usum intactum et salvum reliquisset.”—Seyffarth.
“Ich gebe der neugriechischen Aus-sprache im Ganzen bei weitem den Vorzug.”—Thiersch.
“Neque enim de cœlo dilapsa ad nos pervenit Græcorum lingua, sed e patria sua una cum omnibus quæ habemus subsidiis, suo vestita cultu prodiit, quem tollere aut immutare velle esset imperium in linguam liberam exercere.”—Wetsten.
“Die sogenannte Erasmische Aus-sprache, wie es in Deutschland erscheint, ist völlig grundlos, ein Gebilde man weiss nicht von wannen es kam, ein Gemische welches jeder sich zustutzt nach eigner Lust und Willkühr.”—Liscov.