Dictionary; but, with regard to a few classes of words, the following rules, which have been taken substantially from Walker, are to be observed :—

1. The consonants e, s, t, and x, before ia, ie, ii, io, iu, eu, and yo, preceded by the accent, in Latin and Greek words, as in English, commonly take the sound of sh, and sometimes zh, as in the following words: Pör'ti-a (pör'she-a), Hel-vē'ti-î (hel-vē'she-ī), Ca-dù'ce-ŭs (ka-dū'she-ŭs), Ãc'ci-ŭs (ăk'she-ŭs), Phō'ci-òn (fō'she-on), Stcy-on (sish'e-on), A-lěx'i-a (a-lěk'she-a), Mæ'şi-a (mē’zhe-a).

2. In the following proper names, t preserves its true sound; namely, Enantion, Etion, Amphyction, Dotion, Eurytion, Gration, Hippocration, Hippotion, Iphition, Metion, Ornytion, Pallantion, Polytion, Sotion, and Stration; but Hephæstion and Theodotion are anglicized, the last syllables being pronounced like the last syllables in question and commotion. In the words Esion, Dionysion, and Iasion, the s takes the sound of z, but not of zh.

3. In words ending in eia, eii, eius, and eium, with the accent on the e, the i following the accent is to be understood as articulating the following vowel, like y consonant; as, Elege'ia (el-e-jē'ya), Pompe'ius (pom-pē'yus). The same rule also applies to words ending in ia, preceded by a vowel having the accent upon it, as Acha'ia (a-kā'ya); and likewise to words having the accent on a vowel, followed by ia, though they may not end the word, as Ple'iades (plē'ya-dēz).— There is an inconsistency in Walker with regard to the class of words ending in eia, eii, eius, and eium. With respect to some of them, he places the accent on the e, as in Apule'ius; while others have it placed on the i, as Pompeius; and, in some cases, he accents the same word differently in his Initial and Terminational Vocabularies; but in his remarks he advocates the placing of the accent on the e, including the whole list "under the same general rule, that of sounding the e separately, and the i like y consonant." In this Vocabulary, all this class of words have the accent placed upon the e.

4. The diphthongs æ and œ, ending a syllable with the accent on it, are pronounced like e, as Cæ'şar (sē'zar); but when followed by a consonant in the same syllable, like ě, as Dæd'alus (děd'a-lŭs).

5. In Greek and Latin words which begin with uncombinable consonants, the first letters are silent; thus c in Cneus and Ctesiphon, m in Mneus, p in Psyche and Ptolemy, ph in Phthia, and t in Tmolus, are not sounded.

6 Greek and Latin words of two syllables, whatever may be their quantity in the original, have, in English pronunciation, the accent on the first syllable; and f a single consonant come between the two vowels, the consonant goes to the last syllable, and the vowel in the first syllable is long; as, Ca'to, Co'mus.

ā, è̟, î, ô, ù, ÿ, long; ă, ě, ĭ, č, ŭ, ÿ, short: a e, i, o, u, v, obscure.—Fire, fär, fåst, fall; heir, her;