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93 



Mr, Pickenns: on the Pronunciation 



■s> 



shall consider in a future paper) I cannot avoid submitting 



fact to the consideration of scholars 



Modern Greeks al 



pi 



pronounce according to the accents ; and, in sjjeahing, they 

 the accent (or stress of the voice) exactly where the rules 



quire us to pi 



word av9p 



:eut. For ej 

 they pronou 



( 



flM- 



thropos, following the accent, and disregarding the quantity 



g vowel m the pe 



b 



geniti 



wh 



rule of prosody requires us to accent the penultimate beca 

 Inal syllable is long, they place the accent (or stress of th 



the 

 the 



va 



penultimate, also ; and cx.vd^oj'^ov is then pronounced anthro 

 This is noticed in the Dissertation of Arthur Browne Esq 



befor.e cited 5 and I have myself constantly found it to be the 

 both with Mr. Ciclitira and the Greek Captain. 



Translation of the annexed Greel- letter.^ 



Sir, 



I perceive that your colleges here do 



diffe 



least 



from those of England as to their studies either in philosophy 



1 



B 



I 



? 



Though they are adorned 



» 



the languages, and p 



much 



1 have heard tlie Greek Langnasie read with 



learning, yet 



regular pronunciation of the syllables, with f^ilse accentuation. 



proper cadences, and 



without the least Greek 



utterance. With some reason then I may observe, that instruc- 



g; and I 



therefore 



ted my 



selfbefore this illustrious nation, and have engaged to teach, to 



any who may desire it, the Greek pronunciation 



being myself 



• See PI. IV. 



