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284. Th++Ch, Ph, S. Gr. dove, gen. 09x90 (a bird,) Doric doué, gen. opwXoc,—Djdw 
and @éw, to bruise,—Dorie «*dva for «Odva, Minerva,—-+'0s for 9:6¢ a god, Eng. Theodore, 
Russ. Fedor. D++G, B. Doric 4¢ for 4, the earth; but ovogoc (darkness) for 7vdgoc is by 
assimilation. Aeolic Bsdgiv for 42Agev a dolphin,—c4éMBatov for oéNAoiov a sandal,—Ital. 
coDardo (a coward,) Sp. coBardo, partly influenced by o. 
285. G++B,—C++P. Dijywr Attic Bijyer pennyroyal,—Mvavoc and Kbavoc a bean. 
286. T++P, C. Aeolic oldéd:ov for oTddcov a race course,—Latin VéTulus (old,) Italian 
véCchio. Although T is more easily formed than Cay, if the number of the latter greatly 
predominates over the former, the rare occurrence of Cay derived from T may be the 
result. In a paragraph of Hauaian containing 160 consonants, 28 per cent. were cay, 
whilst a Latin paragraph furnished about 9 per cent. The former example contained no 
T, so that any word coming in with this sound would be likely to fall into cay by induction. 
ASSIMILATION. 
287. Assimilation is the change of a consonant to adapt it to another with which it is 
brought in contact. The n of in becomes m before p, b, m, by assimilation, as in im-plore, 
im-bue, im-mense, but remains unaltered before /, v, w, as in in-fect, in-vert, in-wall. a. 
Latin n always became ng before gay, cay, ch, q, as in in*cértus, In’génuus, an*chisés, in’qviro, 
(§ 101) these words being cited for it by the ancients. 
288. Latin had a peculiarity still preserved in Italian, of doubling a consonant as é in 
atténdo, and mn in anniincio. One of these consonants is in most cases absorbed in Eng- 
lish, as in attend, announce, in writing which, the second character is a mark of shortness 
for the preceding vowel. There is but one / in affinity, Fr. affinité, Sp. afindad, 
but the Spanish alone shows its etymologic relation to the Latin affinitas (gen. affinitat-is) 
and Italian affinita, because there is no dissimulation about it, no misrepresentation, 
it pretends to nothing but what it is entitled to, and claims no addition but that of voca- 
lity for the ¢. 
289. If ‘accept’ were a Latin word, it would be written axept; but its prefix ad, (which 
became ac before cay in ac*cépto,) became s before an s sound, as in as-sOciaré (to associ- 
ate,) so that assept would have been the Latin form of the English word, and in fact, the 
true English form, because ad- stands in inscriptions unassimilated, as in ADCENSUS, AD- 
FECTUS, and as the assimilation was a departure from the true form which could not be 
transplanted into English, the attempt should not have been made. 
DISSIMILATION. 
290. Dissimilation is the reverse of assimilation. It prevents unusual combinations, and 
is due to induction. MF are incompatible sequents in Italian and Spanish, where they 
