INTRODUCTION xi 



many syllables as it has separate vowels or diphthongs. 



2. In dividing a word into syllables, a single consonant is 

 joined to the vowel which follows it. 



3. If two or more consonants occur between two vowels, as 

 many are joined to the following vowel as can be pro- 

 nounced with it. 



4. In compounds, the parts are separated. 



5. The last syllable of a word is called the ulltima. The next 

 to the last syllable of a word is called the penult. The syl- 

 lable preceding the penult is called the antepenult. 



Words of two syllables have the accent on the 

 penult. Thus: Latin tu'-bq, trumpet and an'-ceps, 

 two headed, double. 



Words of more than two syllables have the ac- 

 cent on the penult when that syllable is long: other- 

 wise the accent falls on the antepenult. Thus: 

 prae-di'-co, to foretell but prae'-di-co, to declare. 



In this pronouncing guide only the primary or 

 principal accent is indicated, since, usually, know- 

 ing this, it is rather easy to find the secondary ac- 

 cent. It is well to remember that the secondary ac- 

 cent, as a general rule, can never fall less than two 

 syllables before the primary one. 



A syllable is long: 



1. if its vowel is long. In this book the long vowels are 

 marked; unmarked vowels must be regarded as short. 



* A diphthong (Gr. di, double; phthongos, voice) is a union 

 of two vowels pronounced as one. In "proper" diphthongs, 

 which we have in such English words as "joy," "poise," and 

 "round," the two vowels are blended; but in "improper" 

 diphthongs which appear in such words as "people," "each," 

 and "pain" only one of the vowels, generally the first, i> 

 sounded. 



