Latin Orthography
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Latin Orthography
Does anyone know why Greek initial rho with the rough breathing in Latin is written with the "h" postponed instead of prefixed, i.e. rh- instead of hr-?
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It was also Greek practice -- you can see here about how ?h, μh, λh were used in in Attic inscriptions, which also mentions about Latin occasionally using hr as well.
Maybe rh was not only voiceless but also followed by a puff of air like the aspirated stops.
Maybe rh was not only voiceless but also followed by a puff of air like the aspirated stops.
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William Sidney Allen seems to believe that in Classical Latin pronunciation r=rh.
http://books.google.com/books?id=aexkj_ ... 7_obCkbjfA.
http://books.google.com/books?id=aexkj_ ... 7_obCkbjfA.