Latin language that is.
How do you pronounce Aquila in "Aquila non captat muscas" ??
How do you pronounce Aquila in "Aquila non captat muscas" ??
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I spent four years studying Latin in high school. We didn't spend much time on pronunciation because Latin is more of a written than spoken language these days. There is a difference between the pronunciation of classical and ecclesiastical latin.
My best guess would be:
ak-illa"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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I know Pig Latin:
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I had latin in high school and actually did learn some pronunciation (our teacher thought it was funny to make us sing the latin translations of christmas songs).
Here's how to pronounce it:
A-qui-la (all vowels are short)
<i>Edit: that actually sounds a bit like "uh-kwill-uh", the "uh" much like a short "ah"</i>
But please note that nobody really knows for sure, since classical latin is a rather dead language.Last edited by Libertine; 09-09-2003, 03:42 PM./(bb|[^b]{2})/Comment
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I think punkworld is right on both counts....that was the way we learned to pronounce it in school too....but nobody knows for sure, because no one has spoken it for a long, long time. The catholics used to, but apparently they guessed at the pronunciations also.Michael Sperber / Acella Financial LLC/ Online Payment Processing
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There's an Italian town called Aquila - and it's pronounced like punkworld says. The word aquila is Italian for eagle.Comment
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The eagle doesn't catch fliesOriginally posted by DarkJedi
Latin language that is.
How do you pronounce Aquila in "Aquila non captat muscas" ??
Due to the fact that in Latin, u and v were written in the same way, i.e. v, I knew that word was pronounced like Aqvila (i.e. with v).
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As far as I know, the common belief is that "qu" should be pronounced as "kw".Originally posted by Cash
The eagle doesn't catch flies
Due to the fact that in Latin, u and v were written in the same way, i.e. v, I knew that word was pronounced like Aqvila (i.e. with v).
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Just like in aqua (water) that is which is an ages old word essential in latn and italian so pronounciation won't change.Comment
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That is the common belief, because it's pronounced this way in Italian. I was told of the other pronounciation. But who knows in fact how it was pronounced, and in what period of the empire, and in what province of the empire? It's just a wild guess.Originally posted by punkworld
As far as I know, the common belief is that "qu" should be pronounced as "kw".$9.95/month for 15000 GB bandwidth monthly, unlimited (sub)domains and MySQL5, PHP4/5, 500 GB disk storage! ; use any of these invitation codes: 216263692101; 408636009193; 846090586647; my ICQ 30160426!Comment
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Just try saying "qv" ("kv") ten times really quickly. Then remember that the romans didn't have the letter "w". Then imagine how it would be pronounced in normal, spoken languageOriginally posted by Cash
That is the common belief, because it's pronounced this way in Italian. I was told of the other pronounciation. But who knows in fact how it was pronounced, and in what period of the empire, and in what province of the empire? It's just a wild guess.
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What was the first word you learned in Latin? Mine was "agricola".SamoanComment
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Hehe, my first words in Latin were: "Marcus currit" I spend 6 years in my school to study Latin and 4 years to study Ancient Greek. Very interesting languages...
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My first words were: puella pulcra"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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