OF THE

LATIN LANGUAGE

LEIAN LIBRA

FROM PLAUTUS TO SUETONNUS

11 JAN 83

OXFORD

HENRY JOHN ROBY,

M.A. iate FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLL. CAMBRIDGE.

Cambridge:

PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Observations on Book I.; particularly on Pronun-

ciation, p. xxx.

On v consonant, p. xxxiii.

On f, p. xlvi.

On c before æ, e, i, &c., p. xlvii.

On before æ, e and i, p. lv.

On dentals: especially ti before a vowel, p. lvi.

On bs, x, bt, &c., p. lvii.

On n before gutturals, gn, p. lvii.

On s, p. lviii.

Origin of ss, p. lxii.

On the vowels, especially o and e, p. lxix.

On the diphthongs ai, ae, oi, oe, ui, p. lxxv.

On a supposed sound like ü, p. lxxvi.

Miscellaneous: chiefly on vowel pronunciation, p. lxxviu.

Division of words into syllables, p. lxxxiii.

Summary of Roman pronunciation, p. lxxxvii.

Observations on Book II.

On noun-stems ending in e, p. xci.

On noun-stems ending in i, and in a consonant, p. xciii.

On verbs with vowel stems, p. xcvi.

Concluding Remarks.

Acknowledgment of obligations, p. c.

Editions used, p. cii.

Conclusion, p. ciii.

Preface to Second Edition, p. civ.

Book I. SOUNDS.

Chap. I. Elements of Speech; and particularly Con-

II.

III.

IV.

sonants, p. 3.

Combination of Consonants, p. 6.

Vowels and Combinations of Vowels, p. 8.

Laws of Phonetic change, p. II.

Sudden phonetic change, p. 11.

Gradual phonetic change, p. 16.

V.

Latin Alphabet in general, p. 21.

VI.

Latin Alphabet in detail:

VII.

VIII.

IX.

Labials and Labiodentals, p. 24.

P, p. 24; B, p. 26; M, p. 27; V as consonant,

p. 29; F, p. 32.

Gutturals and Palatals, p. 34.

K, C, p. 34; x, p. 36; Q, p. 37; G, p. 38; H,

P. 40; J, P. 42.

Dentals and Linguals, p. 44.

T, p. 44; D, p. 47; N, p. 50; L, p. 52; R, p. 54;

$, p. 57; Z, p. 61.

Vowels, p. 62.

A, F. 62; 0, p. 65; U, p. 69; E, p. 72; I, p. 77.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

Diphthongs, p. 81.

AU, p. 81; OU, p. 81; EU, p. 82; AI, p. 82; AE,

p. 82; OI, OE, p. 83; EI, p. 84.

Of Latin Words and Syllables, p. 86.

§§ 269-271. Of the commencement and ending

of Latin words, p. 86.

§§ 272-274. Of the division of syllables in Latin

words, p. 87.

Quantity of Syllables, p. 89.

i. Quantity of vowels not in last syllable, p. 90.

ii. Quantity of vowels in last syllable, p. 90.

iii. Quantity of syllables by position in the same

word, p. 93.

iv. Effect of initial sounds on preceding final syl-

lables, p. 94.

v. Peculiarities in early dramatic verse, p. 97.

Accentuation, p. 98.

Chap. I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

Of inflexions in general, p. 103.

Of NOUN INFLEXIONS, and particularly of Gen-

der, p. 104.

Of noun inflexions of Number, p. 109.

Of Case inflexions in general, p. 112.

Nouns of Class I., p. 113.

1. Gender, p. 113.

II. Inflexions of Case, p. 115.

1. Declension of stems in -a and -e, p. 115.

2. Ordinary declension of -o stems, p. 116.

3. Declension of stems in -ro, p. 117.

4. Præ-Augustan declension of stems in -uo,

p. 118.

5. Augustan and præ-Augustan declension of

stems in -io, p. 119.