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Correct spelling of Roman names - questions
#1
I'm having two questions: how to speak correctly
(I mean the stress in the word):
Cas-I-linum or C-A-silinum or Casil-I-num (the name of the city which was beseidged by Hannibal) ?
name of Roman historian:
Cincium Al-I-mentum or Alim-E-ntum?
Much thanks for the one who could help Smile
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#2
well, C is pronounced like K
my Latin teachers always said never put the accent on the last syllable and all vowels must be spoken.

Ka-see-LEE-num would be what my teacher would have said.

and Kin-Key-um Ah-lee-MEN-tum

But I don't think he was old enough to actually have been there when people were speaking ancient Latin. :lol:
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#3
Much thanks! You helped me a lot!!! Big Grin
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#4
What I know of Spanish, and the tiny thread of Italian (which are the two modern languages that keep the closest relationship to their ancient Latin roots), the emphasis is on the second to last syllable. However, like all rules in any language, there are exceptions. This would suggest that they both derived this rhythm from the parent language.
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#5
We can tell the emphasis on words by comparison with poetry and rethoric phrases (on the average, that is) and by this measure, Marcus is right (and Caius too in his written examples).
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