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but if the preceding syllable end in a vowel, then si=zhe. Senecio 
(se-ne^-she-o, 17, e), Clytia (klish^-e-a, i8,c), Cirsium (sir^-she-um) ; 
Artemisia (ar te-mizh^-e-a) ; Caesia (se'-zhe-a). By exception, Asia= 
a^-she-a instead of a^-zhe-a, and Asiatieus=^^^-she-2it:'-i-cus. 
Cy is aspirated in a few words before o (Pr^^_y^?/^=:prd^-she-on ; 
6Vrr<9/2=si sh^-e - on) . 
Ti is not aspirated after s, t, or x, nor in Greek names in -tion. 
VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS. 
In general, a vowel or diphthong is sounded as it would be in the 
same position in an English word. A few points need particular 
notice. 
13. and ce are always sounded as e in the same situation 
would be. They are often wrongly sounded long when they should 
be short. Daedalus (ded^-a-lus, 18, c, not de-da-lus), CEnone (e-no^-ne). 
14. Au, and eu, when diphthongs, are always sounded long, as 
in the English words laud, feudal. 
Y is always sounded as i in the same situation would be. 
15. In the following rules, remember that the expression “a 
single consonant” includes all cases (except the few mentioned in 16, 
d) where a mute is followed by 1 or r. The two are counted as one so 
far as their effect on the sound of a preceding vowel is concerned, 
though they may be divided in syllabification : (/. 5 (e). 
16. Special Cases. For convenience, I group together here 
certain exceptions to various rules. 
(a) . A final, or a in an unaccented syllable (not final) before a 
vowel or single consonant, has the obscure sound of a in quota and 
oracle (^.^., Gla-beK-la). 
(b) . The peculiarities of a after qu, and of all the vowels before 
r, are exactly as in English. 
(c) . I final has its long English ‘sound. In other unaccented 
syllables, except the first, it has its short sound ; and before a vowel 
