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this is nearly like e (Unio=:u^-ne-o). In words accented on the sec- 
ond syllable, i has its long sound when it is initial followed by a single 
consonant (I-tho-ne ; cf., Gi-nor-ga), and when it closes the first syl- 
lable before a vowel (Dl-o^-ne, Ll-a^- tris). 
(d). u has its short sound before bl (Pub-lic^-o-la) j and other 
vowels before gl, tl, thl, (-.'^^/^=eg^-le, 13 ; At-las ; Ath-le^-ta ; Aglaia= 
ag-la^-ya). The above given exceptions to the following rules, being 
made simply to conform to the peculiar pronunciation of certain sim- 
ilar English words, do not give any trouble in applying, except in the 
case of initial syllables with i. 
17. Vowels sounded long. Whatever its classical length may 
be (4), a vowel is pro 7 iounced long in the following situations : 
(a) . Before a vowel or diphthong ; Euproops (u^-pro-ops) , Geum 
(je^-um) ; but note exceptions under 16, (a), (c). 
(b) . At the end of a word; but note 16, (a). 
(c) . In an unaccented syllable (not final) before a single conso- 
nant; Le-o-nu^-rus, Ble-phiB-i-a, Cu-nT-la; but note 16, (a), (c). 
(d) . In an accented penult before a single consonant (or mute 
with 1 or r, 4) ; Stachys (sta-kis), stra-tum (not strah^- turn or straE-um), 
Phry 7 na (frT-ma), ma-trix, Lichas (ll-kas), Lythrum (ll-thrum, not 
lith-rum), A-try^-pa (not a-trip^'-a), Cy^-pris, Arum (V-rum, not ah-rum), 
mV-ter (not mah-ter or mat-er), Cnicus (nl-cus), nl-gra (not nig-ra), 
Ml-tra, sto-ma, Cle-thra, Is^^-o-py^-rum. 
This rule is without exception. Mistakes are very common, espe- 
cially in dissyllables, sometimes arising from a vague feeling that the 
classical quantity ought to determine the English sound, sometimes 
from regarding gr, tr, thr, etc. , ‘as having the effect of two consonants, 
sometimes from mistaken analogies with common English words. 
(e) . In words like Ga-li'Um, As-te' ri-as, Mo-ri-o, Pte-le-a, , 
where an accented a, e (or ae or oe, 13), or o comes before a single con- 
sonant followed by two vowels of which the first is e (ae, oe, 13), i, or 
y, Go^^-ni-a-tP-tes, Ha-lo-ni-a. Here belong the host of words ending 
-aria, -onia, -aceae, -alia, -ania, -enia, etc., (but, of course, not those 
