Pronunciation of "expeditio"

by **Twpsyn** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:51 pm

I don't have the OLD, but I would say the i has to be long, seeing as the words are derived from a 4th-conjugation verb that follows the pattern of sortior and audioÌ„: sortiÌ„tioÌ„, sortiÌ„tus; audiÌ„tioÌ„, audiÌ„tus; and likewise expediÌ„tioÌ„, expediÌ„tus.

by **Lucus Eques** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:24 pm

by **Twpsyn** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:00 am

Lucus Eques wrote:However, there is the adverb expeditÄ“, short 'i'.

Eh? Not according to any of my dictionaries â€” or, indeed, Lewis and Short.

by **Lucus Eques** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:22 am

Twpsyn wrote:
Lucus Eques wrote:However, there is the adverb expeditÄ“, short 'i'.

Eh? Not according to any of my dictionaries â€” or, indeed, Lewis and Short.

I read it in Casell.

by **adrianus** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:11 pm

by **Estoniacus Inoriginale** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:21 pm

http://www.rhapsodes.fll.vt.edu/horace_ode_1.htm

Sokowsky pronounced in Horace's Odes: expediÌ„tiÌ„s.

by **Alatius** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:19 pm

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