...2. In every word there are as many syllables, as there are distinct sounds ; as, hafi-fii-ness. 4. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word, as there are vowels or diphthongs in it.* 4. Words of one syllable are called Monosyllables ; of two, Dissylables ; and of more than two, Polysyllables,...

...sound of one letter, or of several letters, pronounced by one impulse of the voice : as,a, sed, urbs. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word, as...unless when u with any other vowel comes after g, q, or s, as in lingua, qui, suadeo ; where the two vowels are not reckoned a diphthong, because the sound...

...sound of one letter, or of several letters, pronounced by one impulse of the voice : :is,</, sed, urbs. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word, as...there are vowels or diphthongs in it ; unless when и with any other vowel comes after g, q, or s, as in lingua, qui, suadeo; where the two vowels are...

...of several letters, pronounced by one impulse of the voice : as,á, sed, urbs. In Latin there ar^as many syllables in a word, as there are vowels or diphthongs in it ; unless when и with any other vowel comes after g, q, or s, as in lingua, qui, suadeo ; where the two vowels are...

...the sound of one letter, or of several letiers, pronounced by one impulse of the voice ; as, a, ad, I In Latin there are as many syllables in a word, as...there .are vowels or diphthongs in it ; unless when « with any •ther vowel comes after g, q, or s ; as in lingua, qui, suadco; where the two vowels...

...sound of one letter, or of several letters, pronounced by one impulse of the voice ; as, a, ad, hanc. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word, as...there are 'vowels or diphthongs in it ; unless when м with any other vowel comes after g, q, or s; as in lingua, qui, suudeo ; where the two vowels are...

...letter, as // or compounded, that is, formed by two or more letters pronounced at once; as mine, just. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word as...it; unless when u with any other vowel comes after //, q, or s, as in lingua, qui, suades, when the two vowels are not reckoned a diphthong, because the...

...e only is heard. The ancients commonly wrote the vowels separately; thus, aetas, poena. SYLLABLES. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word, as there are vowel* or dipthongs in it ; unless when и with any other vowel comes after g, q, or e; as in lingua,...

...strength. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, in-fal-li-bi-li-ty. In Latin there are as many syllables in a word as...unless when u with any other vowel comes after g, q, or *, as in lingua, qui, suadeo ; where the two vowels are not reckoned a diphthong, because the sound...

...with or without one or more eonsonants. In Latin the final vowel is always distinetly sounded ; indeed there are as many syllables in a word as there are vowels or diphthongs : as, eorde, lupi, penna, alos, nata, nautos, whieh words are divided and read eor -de, lup'-i, pen'-nee,...