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§ 3 SYLLABLES. 5lowed by a consonant in the same syllable, and is the same,whether the syllable is long or short. Thus modified,i sounds like i in sit, as mlttit.o like o in not, as poterat, forma.u like u in tub, as fructus.Note. For the sound of u, before another vowel, after g, q, and sometimess, &c., See 8-2.3. The consonants are pronounced generally as in the English language.and g are hard, as in the words cat, and got, before a, o, and u; and c issoft like s ; and g, like^, before e, i, y,ce, and ce.4. Tand c, following or ending an accented syllable before i short, followedby a vowel, usually have the sound of sh ; as in nuntius or nuncius,patiefitia, socius ;pronounced nunshius, pashienshia, soshius. But t has notthe sound of sh before l long, as totius ; nor before such Greek words asMiltiades, Bceotia, ^Egyptius ; nor when it is preceded by another t, or s, orx ; as Bruttii, ostium, mixtio, &c. ; nor, lastly, when ti is followed by thetermination of the infinitive passive in er, as in nitier, quatier.Note. The soft sound of c before e, i, y, ce, and oe, adopted by all Europeannations, is evidently a deviation from the ancient pronunciation, accordingto which c was sounded hard, like k, or the Greek k, in all situations. Tisounding shi is a similar corruption, chiefly English, which it might perhapsbe well to change by giving ti the same sound in all situations ; as, arti,arti-um, arti-bus.5. S has always the sharp sound like ss, and never the soft sound like z ;or like s in as, peas, dose, &c. ; thus, nos, dorrunos, rupes, arc pronounced asif written noss, dominoss, rupess, not nose, dominose, rwpese.§ 3. SYLLABLES.18.—A Syllable is a distinct sound forming the whole of aword, or so much of it as can be sounded at once.Every word has as many syllables as it has distinct vowelsounds.A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable.A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable.A word of three syllables is called a Trissyllable.A word of many syllables is called a Polysyllable.19.—In a word of many syllables, the last is called the finalsyllable ; the one next the last is called the penult, and the syllablepreceding that is called the antepenult.