pster wrote:The Lewis and Short entry is tĭmĕo, while the Elementary Lewis entry is timeō. I guess the Lewis and Short convention is to indicate the short vowels, while the Elementary Lewis convention is to indicate the long vowels with macrons? Is that correct? Why would Lewis change conventions himself?
L&S does indicate long vowels with macrons. The only times L&S does not mark a vowel are:
* When the vowel length is unknown.
* When the syllable is heavy, as in "cōnsilium" -- they leave the "o" unmarked because the syllable is scanned as heavy whether the "o" is long or not, so it doesn't affect poetic meter.
* When the vowel length is obvious (though not necessarily obvious to beginners). A terminal -ō is always long for verbs and nouns, so it won't be marked, which is what you're seeing with timeō.
The Elementary Lewis text is aimed more at beginners, who are less likely to know things such as the final -ō rule I mentioned, so it'll mark all long vowels.
calvinist wrote:First, I have to give my advice and strongly recommend against studying five languages at once. In my experience it is best to focus on one language until you are comfortable with all of the basic grammar/syntax and have a decent working vocabulary. Only then would I start on another language. Otherwise you will be slowed by 'interference' which is confusing grammar/syntax/vocab/pronunciation etc. from different languages.
I study four languages (Spanish, Italian, Latin, and Japanese) and virtually never encounter interference.