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Mr, PicJcering on the Pronunciation 



"We distinguish (says Langius) the pronunciation of Greek 

 as the Re iichlinian or ancient, and the Erasmic or new; which 



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latter 



IS 



tly used in our schools at 



present day 



The 



former takes its name from John Reiichlin of Phorca, (who died 

 ill 1521,)* because that very learned man was the first among the 

 Germans, who was so much distinguished for his knowledge 



hearing 



him 



of Greek^ that ^rgyropijliis^ a native Greek, upon 



speak the language, exclaimed^ f^af Greece had taken her fliglit 



across the Aljys ; and it was from MeuchUn that the Greek schol- 



received their first pronunciation 

 of the lansuasre ; which was similar to that of the Modern Greeks, 



ars of this country [Germany] 



E 



r 



•asmuSj however, in consequence of an amusing incident, in- 

 troduced that new-fansrled pronunciation funknown to the natives 



of Greece) which 



adopted 



from its author, the Erasmic 

 contrary to the custom of tl 



pi 



schools, and is called, 

 m. People now began, 

 pronounce the letter /S 



B in the Latin language is commonly sounded : the letter 



n 



they made equiv 



E long ; the diphthong 



they 



execrable manner, and with a harsh sound almost 



Bat I 



els ; with many other conceits of 



the 



ords of 



1 



John Rudolph Wet stein, 

 •ipologeticce pro Grceca 



the kind, 

 celebrated 



it is to be found in his Or 

 Genuina lingum GrcecoR pro, 



p. If 9. *Let us see, says he, what opinion we ought to 

 lin of this new Pandora ; and whether she received all her 



ndowments and attractions from the God 



or whether 



truth 



rman 



ion of the dav, It was Latinized into Capiio; by which he is more commonly 

 mentioned in the works of that period. 





