EXPLANATION OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.
A Dash (¯) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in fāte, ēve, tīme, nōte, ūse.
A Curve (˘) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in ădd, ĕnd, ĭll, ŏdd, ŭp.
A Dot ( ̇) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in pȧst, ȧbāte, Amĕricȧ.
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 ba̤ll.
A Wave (~) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in hẽr.
A Circumflex Accent (^) above the vowel o denotes the sound of o in bôrn.
ḗ sounds like e in dḗpĕnd.
ṓ sounds like o in prṓpōse.
ç sounds like s.
c̵ sounds like k.
ṣ̱ sounds like z.
ḡ is hard as in ḡet.
ġ is soft as in ġem.
- Aeneas (ḗ n
- ́ȧs).
- Alcibiades (Ălçĭbī́ȧdēz).
- Anchises (ăn kī́ s
- z).
- Apocrypha (ȧ pŏḱrĭ fȧ).
- Apollo (Ȧpŏĺlō).
- Arras (Ärräś).
- Augustine (á̤ḡŭs t
- n).
- Barnabas (Bäŕnȧbȧs).
- Borgo (Bôŕḡō).
- Calliope (c̵ăllī́ṓpḗ).
- Costis (c̵ŏśtĭs).
- Creusa (c̵rēū́sȧ).
- Dante (Dăńtḗ).
- Elias (Ḗlī́ȧs).
- Elijah (Ḗlī́jah).
- Galilee (Ḡăĺĭl
- ).
- Gennesaret (Ḡĕnnĕśȧrĕt).
- Gentiles (Ḡĕńtīleṣ̱).
- Heliodorus (Hēlĭōdṓrŭs).
- Hercules (Hẽŕc̵ūlēṣ̱).
- Herod (Hĕŕŏd).
- Hippocrene (Hĭppōc̵rḗnḗ).
- Iulus (Iū́lŭs).
- Josephus (jō s
- ́fŭs).
- Leonardo da Vinci (lā ō näŕdō dä vĭńch
- ).
- Loggia (lŏd́jȧ).
- Louvre (l
- ́vr).
- Lycaonia (līk ȧ ṓnĭ ȧ).
- Lystra (Ly̆śtrȧ).
- Maccabees (măḱ ȧ b
- z).
- Madame (Mădämé).
- Magdalene (Măǵ dā̇̇̇̇̇̇lĕn).
- Mamre (Măḿ rē).
- Maximin (Măx́ĭmĭn).
- Melchisedec (mĕl kĭź ḗ dĕk).
- Mercurius (Mẽrc̵ū́rĭŭs).
- Minerva (Mĭnẽŕvȧ).
- Onias (O̱nī́ȧs).
- Parnassus (Pärnăśsŭs).
- Pericles (Pĕŕĭc̵leṣ̱).
- Perugino (pā r
- j
- ́ nō).
- Piacenza (Pē ä chĕń dzä).
- Pindar (Pĭńdär).
- Plato (Plā́tō).
- Plautus (Plá̤tŭs).
- Polymnia (Pṓly̆ḿnĭȧ).
- Raphael (Rä́fāĕl).
- Sabinella (Săbĭnĕĺlȧ).
- Sappho (săf́fō).
- Sheba (Shḗbȧ).
- Signora (S
- n yṓrȧ).
- Sinai (Sīńī).
- Sistine (Sĭśt
- n).
- Socrates (Sŏć̵rȧtēṣ̱).
- Sodom (Sŏd́ŏm).
- Stanza d́Eliodoro (Stäńdzä dā lḗ ṓ dṓ rō).
- Urban (Uŕbȧn).
- Urbino (
- r b
- nō).
- Vasari (vä sä́ r
- ).
- Vatican (Văt́ĭc̵ăn).
- Xenophon (zĕńṓ fŏn).
- Zebedee (Zĕb́ĕd
- ).