Hurl'd often cuts off the vowel at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel; though he does not like the Greeks wholly drop the vowel, but lull retains it in writing like the Latins. Elements of the Greek Language - Seite 13von James Hadley - 1869 - 246 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Milton - 1750 - 666 Seiten
...Shakefpear and others of our old poets, and in imitation of the Greeks and Latins Hurl'd often cuts off the vowel at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel; though he does not like the Greeks wholly drop the vowel, but lull retains it in writing like the Latins.... | |
| John Milton - 1750 - 674 Seiten
...Shakefpear and others of our old poets, and in imitation of the Greeks and Latins Hurl'd often cuts oft" the vowel at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel; though he does not like the Greeks wholly drop the vowel, but ftill retains it in writing like the... | |
| Nathan Bailey - 1756 - 716 Seiten
...Grammarian,) the cutting off a vowel or confonant, efpecially the letter (ra) in Latin or Greek verfe, at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel, or (¿) as dm incido for divttia, incido j ßiiAoyu1 í-/ta for ßtf\OUatiyti. ECTYLOTl'CKS (wTuXrr,^,... | |
| John Milton - 1763 - 670 Seiten
...Shakefpear and others of our old poets, and in imitation of the Greeks and Latins often cuts off the vowel at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel ; though he •does not like the Greeks wholly drop the vowel, but rtill retains it in writing like... | |
| John Milton - 1767 - 448 Seiten
...Shakefpeare and others " of our old poets, and, in imitation of the Greeks " and Latins, often cuts off the vowel at the end of " a word, when the next word begins with a vowel ; " though he does not, like the Greeks, wholly drop " the vowel, but ftill retains it in writing,... | |
| William Mitford - 1774 - 306 Seiten
...Shakefpear and others of kt our old poets, and in imitation of the Greeks " and Latins often cuts off the vowel at the *' end of a word when the next word begins " with a vowel ; thd he does not like the Greeks, 1 wholly drop the vowel, but retains it in writing, " like the Latins;... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1801 - 614 Seiten
...specimens, which we could produce, to his hypothesis, * that legitimate instances of a lengthened syllable at the end of a word, when the next word begins with two consonants, which would permit that syllable to be short, can scarcely be produced.' We are not... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1814 - 336 Seiten
...7. Apocope is taking from th? end of a word ; as, for 8. Apostrophe (') cuts off *, e, i, », from the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel ; a?, for 1. 5Tf§( and trtf-> with datives in ', are not affected by apostrophe. The apostrophe is... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1820 - 286 Seiten
...another vowel or diphthong, is sometimes shortened ; as, '¿Y¡VOCE\TCI 1. This happens most frequently at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel ; in. the beginning of a word rarely ; and still more rarely in the middle. 2. The particles Л, те,... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1822 - 240 Seiten
...or diphthong, is sometimes shortened ; as, yop|o& Apvlou/roç wjoç 1. This happens most frequently at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel ; in the beginning of a word rarely ; and still more rarely in the middle. The particles Ss, та,... | |
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