15/16 We may form some idea of the sound which the language now had from the commencement of the great inscription of Perusia; -eulat tanna laresul ameva( -- "id:chi")r lautn vel( -- "id:theta")inase stlaafunas slele( -- "id:theta")caru-. Such as Maecenas, Porsena, Vivenna, Caecina, Spurinna. The vowel in the penult is originally long, but in consequence of the throwing back of the accent upon the initial syllable is frequently shortened and even rejected. Thus we find Porse( n)na as well as Porsena, and Ceicne as well as Caecina. |