THE
PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK;
ACCENT AND QUANTITY.
A PHILOLOGICAL INQUIRY.
BY
JOHN STUART BLACKIE,
PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.
EDINBURGH: SUTHERLAND AND KNOX.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.
MDCCCLII.
EDINBURGH: T. CONSTABLE,
PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.
“Sit omnibus rebus suum senium, sua juventus; et ut verba verbis, sic etiam sonis sonos succedere permittamus.”—Bishop Gardiner.
“This new pronunciation hath since prevailed, whereby we Englishmen speak Greek, and are able to understand one another, which nobody else can.”—Thomas Fuller.
“Maxime cupio ut in omnibus Academiis nostris hodierna Græcorum pronuntiatio recipiatur.”—Boissonade.