7. Words of two syllables are accented on the first: as ager, pronounced a'jer.
8. When a word of more than one syllable ends in a, the a should be sounded like ah: as musa, pronounced mu'sah.
9. T, s, and c, before ia, ie, ii, io, iu, and eu, preceded immediately by the accent, in Latin words as in English, change into sh and zh: as fa'cio, pronounced fa'sheo; san'cio, pronounced san'sheo; spa'tium, pronounced spa'sheum.
NOTE.—According to the Roman method of pronouncing Latin, the vowels a, e, i, o, u are pronounced as in baa, bait, beet, boat, boot; ae, au, ei, oe as in aisle, our, eight, oil; c always like k; g as in get; j as y in yes; t as in until; v as w. See any Latin grammar.
LATIN ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES.
DIVISION I.—METHOD OF STUDY.
1. AG'ERE: a'go, ac'tum, to do, to drive.
Radicals: ag- and act-.