[B-Greek] Pronunciation questions
Arie Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Fri Jan 23 12:08:23 EST 2004
In matters of pronunciation it is safe to look for translitterations of
Greek words in other languages. It is unlikely that if in Greek PNEUMA is
noted with PN and in a Latin translitteration too, the pronunciation in both
languages would have lost P or N. There exists a complete translitteration
of the Greek text of the "Apostolic Confession" for Latin readers. I will
give the reference later.
Then there are of course remarks about pronunciation in the works of Greek
grammarians, rhetorical writers and incidentally others (like e.g. Lucianus
in DIKH SUMFWNWN TOU SIGMA PROS TO TAU hUPO TOIS hEPTA FWNHESIN).
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Van: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
Aan: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: vrijdag 23 januari 2004 15:28
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Pronunciation questions
> The rough breathing is said to come from H (capital
> HTA), cut in half virtically, forming the rough
> breathing (left half) and smooth breathing. Is this an
> educated guess or is there an ancient source that
> actually states this.
>
> Also, PNEUMA is said to be pronounced with both P and
> N, as in PNeuma. Is this an educated guess or is there
> evidence for this?
>
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> Mitch Larramore
> Spring Branch, Texas
> Student/Memorial High School
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