PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS

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The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster's International Dictionary.

EXPLANATION OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.

A Dash (¯) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in fate, eve, time, note, use.
A Dash and a Dot (?) above the vowel denote the same sound, less prolonged.
A Curve (?) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in add, end, ill, odd, up.
A Dot (·) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in pa?st, a?bate, America?.
A Double Dot (¨) above the vowel a denotes the broad sound of a in fÄther, Älms.
A Double Dot (¨) below the vowel a denotes the sound of a in ba?ll.
A Wave (~) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in he~r.
A Circumflex Accent (^) above the vowel o denotes the sound of o in bÔrn.
A dot (.) below the vowel u denotes the sound of u in the French language.
N indicates that the preceding vowel has the French nasal tone.
Ç sounds like s.
c? sounds like k
s_ sounds like z.
g is hard as in get.
g is soft as in gem.

Achaian (a?-ka´ya?n).
Achilles (a?-kil´lez).
Acropolis (a?-krop´o?-lis).
Admetus (ad-me´tus).
Ægis (e´jis).
Æschylus (es´ki-lus).
Agoracritus (ag-o?-rak´ri-tus).
Agrippa (a?-grip´a?).
Albani (Äl-bÄ´ne).
Alcamenes (al-kam´e-nez).
Äl´tis.
Antigone (an-tig´o-ne).
Antigonus (an-tig´o-nus).
Antium (an´shi-um).
Aphrodite (af-ro?-di´te).
Apollo (a?-pol´o).
Apoxyomenos (a-pox-i-om´e?-nos).
Ares (a´rez).
Argicide (Är´ji-sid).
Argonauts (Är´go-na?tz).
Är´gus.
Aristophanes (ar-is-tof´a?-nez).
Athena (a-the´na?).
Athens (ath´enz).
Bacchus (bak´us).
Belvedere (bel-ve?-der´).
Bernini (ber-ne´ne).
Brunn (broon).
caduceus (ka?-du´se?-us).
Cal´a?mis.
Calli´ope.
Centaur (sen´ta?r).
Cerberus (se~r´be?-rus).
Ceres (se´rez).
Chiron (ki´ron).
Collignon (kol-le?n-yÔN´).
Cres´ila?s.
Cyprus (si´prus).
Delphi (del´fi).
Deme´te~r.
Deme´trius.
Di´o?med.
Discob´o?lus.
dis´kos.
DonÄtel´lo.
Elgin (el´gin).
Eros (e´ros).
Euphranor (u-fra´nÔr).
Euripides (u-rip´i-dez).
Eurydice (u-rid´i-se?).
FurtwÄngler (foort´v?ng-le~r).
Gal´a?had.
Giustiniana (joos-te-ne-Ä´nÄ).
glaukopis (gla?-ko´pis).
Gorgon (gÔr´gon).
Hec´?te.
Hellenis´tic.
HephÆstus (he?-fes´tus).
He´rÄ.
HerÆum (he?-re´um).
Her´cules_.
hermÆ (he~r´me).
He~r´mes_.
He´siod.
ik´rion pro´rÄs.
Iliad (il´i-a?d).
Io (i´o).
Ithaca (ith´a?-ka?).
Ja´son.
Ju´no.
Ju´pite~r.
Lancelotti (lÄn-ch?-lot´e).
Lat´e~ra?n.
Leochares (le?-ok´a?-rez).
Louvre (loo´vr).
Lucian (lu´shi-a?n).
Ludovisi (loo-do-ve´ze).
Lutatius Catulus (lu-ta´shi-us kat´u-lus).
LycÛr´gus.
Lysip´pus.
MÄrs.
Med´icÄ.
Me´los.
Me~r´cury?.
Meta?mor´phoses_.
Met´opes_.
Mi´lo.
Mine~r´va?.
My´ron.
Nem´esis.
Ni´ke.
Ny´sa?.
ode´um.
Odyssey (od´i-si).
Œdipus Coloneus (ed´i-pus ko-lo-ne´-us).
Œdipus Tyrannus (ed´i-pus ti-ran´-us).
Œnone (e-no´ne?).
Olympia (o-lim´pi-a?).
Olympiad (o-lim´pi-ad).
Olympic (o-lim´pik).
Olympus (o-lim´pus).
Orpheus (Ôr´fus).
Otricoli (o-tre´ko-le).
Ovid (ov´id).
palÆstra (pa?-les´tra?).
Pal´la?s.
PanathenÆa (pan-ath-e?-ne´a?).
Panathe?na´ic.
PÄrnas´sus.
PÄr´the?non.
Pa´te~r.
P?tro´clus.
Peloponnesian (pel-o?-pon-ne´sha?n).
Pe?nel´ope?.
Pentel´ic.
pep´los.
Per´icles.
Persephone (pe~r-sef´o-ne).
Perseus (pe~r´sus).
Phidias (fid´i-a?s).
Phoebus (fe´bus).
Phrynicus (frin´i-kus).
Pin´da?r.
plec´trum.
Plin´y?.
Plutarch (plu´tÄrk).
Plu´to.
Policly´tus.
PoliÔrÇe´tes_.
Praxit´eles_.
Ptolemy (tol´e-mi).
Py?th´ia?.
Py´thon.
Reber, von (fon ra´be~r).
Sal´a?mis.
Sa´mia?n.
Sa´mos.
Samothrace (sam´o?-thras).
Sco´pa?s.
Scyros (si´ros).
Soph´ocles_.
strigil (stri´jil).
Sty?x.
Symonds (sim´undz).
Telemachus (te?-lem´a?-kus).
Terracina (ter-rÄ-che´nÄ).
Theog´ony?.
Theseus (the´sus).
Thrace (thras).
Trastevere (trÄs-ta-va´ra).
trireme (tri´rem).
Tro´ja?n.
Ulysses (u-ly?s´sez).
Vatican (vat´i-ka?n).
Ve´nus.
Vul´ca?n.
Waldstein (wa?ld´stin).
Zeus (zus).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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