10-23-2007, 04:29 PM
Quote:The ypsilon is some times pronounced as an "f" or a "v" after the letters "α","ε" and "η".It most probably has to do with the origin of the word.
I know that that is the case in modern Greek, but what linguistic evidence is there for it being pronounced as such in ancient Greek?
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian