Alphabet

Question 1

ā

Answer 1

ā as in father

dās, cārā

Question 2

a

Answer 2

a as in Dinah

dat, casa

Question 3

ae

Answer 3

ae as ai in aisle

cārae, saepe

Question 4

au

Answer 4

au as ou in house

aut, laudō

Question 5

b

Answer 5

b as b in boy

bō

Question 6

bs and bt

Answer 6

pronounced ps and pt

urbs, obtineō

Question 7

c

Answer 7

always hard as in can, never soft as in city

cum, cīvis, facilis

Question 8

ch

Answer 8

had the sound of ckh in blockhead, not of ch in church

chorus, Archilochus

Question 9

d

Answer 9

d as in dog dō

Question 10

e

Answer 10

e as in pet

et, set

Question 11

ē

Answer 11

ē as in they

mē, sēdēs

Question 12

ei

Answer 12

ei as in reign

deinde

Question 13

eu

Answer 13

eu as Latin e + u

seu

Question 14

f

Answer 14

f as in fish faciō

Question 15

g

Answer 15

always hard as in get, never soft as in gem

glōria, gerō

gn as in hangnail

magnus

Question 16

h

Answer 16

breathing sound, as in English, less harshly pronounced

hic, haec

Question 17

i

Answer 17

I as in pin

hic, sicca

Question 18

ī

Answer 18

ī as in machine

hīc, sīca

Question 19

i + vowel

Answer 19

At beginning of word, consonantal y

iūstus

Question 20

vowel + i + vowel

Answer 20

formed diphthong with previous vowel

and

as the consonant y

reictus, maior, cuias

Question 21

l

Answer 21

l as in lip

laudō, līber

Question 22

m

Answer 22

same as in English, pronounced with lips closed

monet

som evidence suggests final m following vowel might have been pronounced with lips open in certain instances, producing nasalization of preceding vowel

tum, etiam

Question 23

n

Answer 23

n as in nose

nihil

Question 24

o

Answer 24

o as in orb, off

os, mora

Question 25

ō

Answer 25

ō as in clover

ōs, mōrēs

Question 26

oe

Answer 26

oe as oi in oil

coepit, proelium

Question 27

p

Answer 27

p as in pool

pater, patria

Question 28

ph

Answer 28

had the sound of ph in uphill, not the f sound of philosophy

philosophia

Question 29

q

Answer 29

always followed by consonantal u sounding like kw

quid, quoque

Question 30

r

Answer 30

trilled

Rōma, cūrāre

Question 31

s

Answer 31

always voiceless as in see, never voiced as in ease with an English z sound

sed, posuissēs, mīsistis

Question 32

t

Answer 32

the sound of t as in tired, never of sh as in nation or ch as in mention

taciturnitās, nātiōnem, mentiōnem

Question 33

th

Answer 33

sound of th in hothouse, not of th in thin or the

theātrum

Question 34

u

Answer 34

u as in put

tum, sum

Question 35

ū

Answer 35

ū as in rude

tū, sūmō

Question 36

ui

Answer 36

ui as Latin u + i

Occurs only in huius, cuius, huic, cui, hui

Question 37

v

Answer 37

consonantal u, had the sound of English w

vīvō, vīnum

Question 38

x

Answer 38

had the sound of kx as in axle, not of gz as in exert

mixtum, exrceō

Question 39

ÿ

(should be macron)

Answer 39

ÿ as in German über

Question 40

y

Answer 40

y as in French tu

Question 41

double consonants

Answer 41

pronounced as two separate consonants

current, admittent

Question 42

Shorten Long Vowels

Answer 42

1. Before -m, -r, or -t at word end
2. Before -nt or -nd in any position