A Dissertation Against Pronouncing the Greek Language According to Accents (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1754. Excerpt: ... resolved into two short ones, and the former mark'd j with an Acute, and the latter with a Grave; as thus, igespoc Now if every Vowel, which is long in its Nature, hath also a natural Elevation in its first Part or Measure, it solloweth that ignposy and all Words of the same Form, ought not to have, and cannot have an Acute upon the first: because they would then have an Elevation upon each of their two first Syllables; which no Language alloweth of. Proposition III. The modern Use of Accents in the antient Greek Language is contradictory to itself. I. The Rule for accenting Worda ending in us, the "Etymologist telleth In Vocc Alyeta. us is this--Polysyllables ending in v y which have the v short, are to have an Acute upon the Antepenultimate. Tx ii( vs wig Sqo Q-vXka&xci jvhmovtu To v, WMfflgdfQi TtU' cloy, 'tevxofyvs, rjfxicruC, dTgxpa%v$--According to this Rule kkayys ought to have an Acute upon the Antepenultimate. But yet it is directed to be acuted upon the last. And the Reason given for this is, because there is another Rule, contrary to the former, sor accenting some Words ending in us, which directeth the Accent to be placed upon the last, when Words of this Form have a neutral ending, and an in the Penultimate: insiY) roi iis u sox Tw -, ouxia., om waui-, rajuf, T8T8 XH(r) T aX--There is the fame contradictory Rule for the accenting of Itaswc.--r, ' The The general Rule is this.---Nouns Feminine, ending in a, which come from Nouns Masculine, ending in are to have an Acute upon the Antepenultimate, if the Masculine hath a Grave upon the last; but if the Masculine hath an Acute upon the last, then the Feminine is to have a Circumflex upon the Penultimate. Ta Siq a. Xrs/ovjx SrjXvxot dno Twy Sis Vq dgcrevixuv 'ylvop.