Pronunciation of "expeditio"
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Pronunciation of "expeditio"
Quick and easy(?) question: is there any evidence what so ever that would motivate the pronunciation "expedĭti?", with a short "i"? Similarly "expedĭtus" (adjective and noun)? What does OLD say?
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Re: Pronunciation of "expeditio"
Eh? Not according to any of my dictionaries — or, indeed, Lewis and Short.Lucus Eques wrote:However, there is the adverb expeditē, short 'i'.
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Re: Pronunciation of "expeditio"
I read it in Casell.Twpsyn wrote:Eh? Not according to any of my dictionaries — or, indeed, Lewis and Short.Lucus Eques wrote:However, there is the adverb expeditē, short 'i'.
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Sokowsky pronounced in Horace's Odes: expedītīs.
Sokowsky pronounced in Horace's Odes: expedītīs.
OINOM ANNOM STVDIAVEI DINGVAM LATINAM OREIGENEBOS VARIONS
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HANCE SICNATOVRAM VIDETE ET REDITE
ITEM BOLVNTAS BIXET BERITAS BIVAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxc0qxl4 ... age&fmt=18
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