SUPPLEMENT, 
Pronouncing Dictionary—continued. 
References in the | 
See Comp (hair). 
IIL A few of the slips made in passing the sheets through the press have been cor- 
auy one would in such cases vary from the correct pronunéiation. 
notes to the Greek root-words run as follows: * AC-ANTH-OC'-0M-A. 
rected. In a work of this kind, for which so many references have to be made, and in which 
the result of considerable research is often expressed merely by altering the place of a single | 
letter, it is impossible that errors difficult of detection should not creep in; especially as the 
task had to be done in the greatest haste Indeed three times the period occupied would 
not have been too much, in which to carry out the design with the care and industry 
required for such an undertaking. The derivation of nearly fifteen thousand words had to bo 
ascertained, where possible, in order to fix their pronunciation; and though that of tho 
majority was obvious enough, occasionally a single word would require an amount of investi- 
gation entirely incommensurate with the apparent result. Since the Publisher was most 
anxious to keep faith with the publie as to the date on which the parts should appear, 
each sheet, as soon as ever it was finished, was hastily carried off by the printers to be. ` 
stereotyped, while it still would have much benefited by further revision. Doubtless some _ 
errors still remain; but it is hoped that they are not of sufficient importance to interfere 
with the value of the work as a standard of reference. d 
AB-A'-MA. One of the very puzzling names given by 
I 
Michel Adanson; they are generally quite meaningless. | 
Ab-a'-ma is given in ordinary type as a word of classical 
derivation, because it has been referred to a (à) not, and 
bama (Bawa) food (so also Fedia. which see, below); but 
most of Adanson’s names will be found in italics, as 
barbarons, e.g., Tolpis and Vilfa. 
AB-EL'.f-A. Very frequently pronounced Ab-e’-li-a; but, 
as it is called after Dr. Clarke Abel, the pronunciation 
given much more nearly represents the sound of the name 
which ought to be embodied in it. 
AB-ROT'-AN-IF-OL'-Í-UM. The termination -folium is by 
. many persons sounded fo’-li-um, although the Latin word 
fcr a leaf is fol'-i-um. 
AP-ROT'-AN-Ó-I'-DEs. -oides at the end of botanical names 
is very commonly pronounced “ oydes,” in two syllables— 
a gross mistake, as it is merely a reproduction of the 
Greek 4J-;-des (oeibgs). See Eidés or idös (appearance). 
The termination 7s (ms) in an adjective (specific name) 
becomes ¿s (es) when the substantive (generic name), with 
which it agrees, is neuter. 
AC-ANTH-OC'-OM-A. See Cómé (hair). : 
AC-ANTH-O'-DEs. The termination -ddes (w5ns) is a con- 
traction of 6-i-dés, which has been dealt with under 
abrotanoides, above. 
Ac-ANTH-OL-1'-MON. See Leimon or limon, limonós (a 
meadow). 
AC-ANTH-ORH-1’-zA, See Rhiza (a root). 
Ac- -OST-ACH’-y-uM. See Stáchys, stiichyés (an ear 
of corn), — 
AC-EPH'-AL-A. See Céphilé (ahead). ` ` us 
Ac'.ER. Acer, a Maple, has the a short—Acer ; but in 
acer, sharp, pointed, the a is long—dcer. (Compare a ert, 
below.) Hence the old memorial line: * Est dcer in sylvis, 
equus äcer O ia vincit.” i 
| vdd aiam cn Ac-i-ne’-ta (dxívgyros, unmoved). — 
|. Ac-mn-o’-rus. See Acis (a point) and Nótós (a back). 
. ÅC-IPH-YL'-LA, Words ending in -phyllus, a, um, are 
in -philus, a, um: the former are always to be accented on 
the last syllable but one, as ac-iph 
last syllable but two, as Eg-iph/-il-a. 1 
bgt -la, tho latter on the 
. duction ofithe Greek Agróstis ( 
Ac-on-i-op’-TER-Is. See Ptéris, ptéridis (a fern). 
A’-cRE. The along for z-er, sharp, pointed. Sve Ac'.er, 
above. 
AC-ROC'-LAD-ON. See Clidiss (a branch). 
Ac-roc-Li’-Ni-um. See Cline (a couch). 
ÅC-ROP-E'-RA. See Pēră (a wallet). 
Ac-ropH’-or-us. See Phürós (bearing, producing). 
ÅC-ROS'-TICH-UM. See Stichés (a row, line). 
Ac-ROT'-RICH-E. See Thrix, tríchós (hair). 
Ac'-TI-NOL'-EP-Is. See Lipis, lépidiss (a scale). 
Ac'-rI-NOM'-ER-I8. See Méris, miridis (a part). 
Ac-TI-NON-E'-MA. See Némii, némiitis (a thread). 
AC-U’-TIF-LO’-RA. The termination -florus, a, wm (from 
flos, flóris, a flower), ought to have the o always long; al- 
though it is given as -fldrus by the same class of authorities — 
which advocate the pronunciation -fõlius. See abrotani- ` 
folium, above. 
AC-U-TIL’-oB-A. See Libis (a lobe). 
AD-E'.LOB-OT'RYS. See Båtrys, båtryds (a cluster). 
A-pEen’-I-um. From Aden in Arabia, hence with the a 
long, and so distinguished from the compounds of ddén ` 
(adqv), a gland. - SSC 
ÅD-E-NOP-OD'-f-A. The compounds of Zdën, dën äs (àßhv, 
&8évos), a gland, have been given thronghont this Pros 
nouncing Dictionary with the ¢ long, in accordance with. 
general usage; but it would be more correct to pronounce ` 
the e short, as the stem is Zdën, as seen in &Sévos. _ 
Ap-E-NOST'-OM-A. See Stimii, stiimités (the month). ` 
ÆG-IPH'-IL-A. See Philds (fond); and compare Ac 
above. p 
AG-A'-VE. Often mispronounced as a — tie 
but it has three syllables, as the equivalent of the Greek ` 
ag-au-e (dyavh), illustrious. Bic ee ae 
Aa-E'-RAT-UM. Most people talk of an “ Aj-er-a 
but the word is the Greek Ayériton (àyfparov). — = 
AG-ROP-Y-RUM. See Pyros (Wheat), VC 
Ag-RO'-sTIS. The o is long, as the word is a repro- ——— 
cm " 
y" i 
 Ar-TO-NÍ-A. The o would perhaps be better short, as- 
A-r-z0'-0N. This word has four syllables, since it is a 
compound of the Greek a-i or a-ei (def), always, and 20-08 
