HASTE IS BUT A POOR APOLOGY: TAKE TIME, AND DO YOUR BUSINESS WELL. TO A MAN OF BUSINESS, KNOWLEDGE IS AN ORNAMENT. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS. "." See also the remarks under each letter in this Dictionary. RULE I. The accent (") marks the syllable on which the principal stress of the voice is to be laid. II. When the accent is placed immediately after a vowel, as in fa'mous, lever, mindful, noble, pu'gilist, cy'press, it denotes that the vowel has a long sound; but when placed immediately after a consonant, as in fam'ish, lev'el, military, nom'inal, pun'ish, syringe, it indicates that the sound of the vowel is short; except before tion, where the accent has been invariably placed so as to mark the peculiar pronunciation of that syllable. III. In long diphthongs, the accent is placed immediately after the vowel which determines the sound, as in belie've, receive. IV. C before a, o, and u, is sounded like k, as catch, come, cup ;-before, e, i, and y, its sound is like that of s; as ce'dar, citron, cylinder. V. E final generally indicates that the preceding vowel is long, as in hate, scene, mice, robe, rude, lyre; but in glove, live, give, &c., the preceding vowel is short. In words ending in le, the final e is silent; able being pronounced a'bl, &c. VI. Gh at the beginning of words represent the hard g, as in ghostly; but they are usually silent both in the middle and at the end of words; as in bought, right, through, sigh. In some words they are sounded like f, as in cough, trough, enough. VII. There are several consonants which in certain situations are quite mute; as, for example, g before n, in gnaw, sign, pronounced naw, sine-k before n, as in know, knit, pronounced no, nit-l before k and d, as in walk, talk, could, would, pronounced wauk, tauk, cood, wood-b before t and after m, as in debt, pronounced det, and dumb, pronounced dum-h after r, as in rhyme, pronounced rime-n after m, at the end of a syllable, as in hymn, condemn, pronounced him, condem -p before s and t, as in psalm, Ptolemy, pronounced sahm, tolemy-and w before r, as in wring, wreath, pronounced ring, reath. VIII. Wh at the beginning of a word are pronounced as if their position was reversed; as in what, whiff, which are pronounced hwat, hwiff. In a few instances, however, the sound of the w is wholly lost; as in who, whom, whole, which are pronounced hoo, hoom, hole. IX. The termination ous has the sound of us in such words as gracious, glorious, pompous, precious. X. Ci and ti, before a vowel, have the sound of sh; as in audacious, motion, pronounced audashus, moshun. N.B. Throughout the Dictionary, s. signifies, a substantive or noun; a. an adjective; pron. a pronoun; v. a. a verb active; v. n. a verb intransitive; v. a verb both active and intransitive; prep. a preposition; ad. an adverb; conj. a conjunction; and interj. an interjection. TO A STUDIOUS MAN, ACTION IS A RELIEF. 405 TAKE CARE NOT TO GO TO THE BRINK OF VICE, LEST YOU FALL DOWN THE PRECIPICE. CACOETHES EPIDEMICE GRASSATUR.-ILL CUSTOMS GROW APACE. SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES, ACCENTED FOR PRONUNCIATION. Note.-Ch should be sounded like k, as Kellus for Chellus, Akit'ophel for Achit'ophel, &c., except in Ra'chel and Cherubim. NON FACILE CREDIMUS QUE NOLUMUS.-WE DO NOT EASILY BELIEVE WHAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT. MAXIMA VIS EST IN CONSENTU BONORUM.-THERE IS VERY GREAT FORCE IN THE ACCORD OF GOOD MEN. A'bi-el Ad-a-li'a A-him'a-az LATET ANGUIS IN HERBA.-THERE'S A SNAKE IN THE GRASS. A-hu'ma-i Am'non A'rad-ite A'mok Ar'a-dus A-huz'zah A'mon A'rah Am'o-rites Al'vah, or Al-An'ti-pha Am-a-zi'ah [van An-to'ni-a A-min'a-dab A-miz'a-bad Am'mah Am mad'a-tha Am-mid'i-oi An-to thi'jah pher'e-ma A'ra A phe'kah A SI DEUS NOBISCUM, QUIS CONTRA VOS ?-IF GOD BE WITH US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? CONSILIUM SENUM EST SANUM.-THE COUNSEL OF AGE IS SOUND. Scripture Proper Names. 407 REDUNDANTE BILE, MORBI NASCUNTUR.--WHEN CHOLER ABOUNDS, DISEASES ARE GENERATED. 408 Beth'zur NULLUS AMOR EST MEDICABILIS.-LOVE IS INCURABLE. Scripture Proper Names. Caph'tor Caph'to-rim Cher'u-bim Bet-o-mes'tham Caph'to-rims Ches'a-lon Be-to'li-us Bet'o-nim Be-u'lah Che-sul'loth Da'ra Ca-re'ah Chet'tim Da'ri-an Ca'ri-ah Che'zib Da'than Car-ma'ni-ans Chi'don Car'me Chil'le-ab Dath'mah Dath'e-mah Deb'o-rah De-cap'o-lis El'a-sah El-beth'el E-le a'leh FORMÆ DIGNITAS VETUSTATE EXTINGUITUR.-THE MAJESTY OF BEAUTY IS DESTROYED BY OLD AGE. Chit'tim De ha'vites Chi'un De'kar Chlo'e Del-a-i'ah Bin'nu-i Bish'lam Bi-thi'ah Bith'ron Biz-i jo-thi'ah Ce'dron Biz-i-jo-thi'jah Ceilan Cho ba Del'i-lah Cas'phor Cho-ra'sin, or Der be Cas'pis, or El-ha'nan E-li'ab Cas phín |Cho-razin De-u'el [my E-li' a-da Ca-thu'ath Chos-a-me'us Deu-ter-on'o E-li'a-dah Cho-ze'ba Dib'la-im E-li'a-dun E-li'ah NE CUIQUAM SERVIAT ENSIS.-LET NOT YOUR SWORD BE THE SLAVE OF ANY ONE. Ca-i'nan Che'lub Chel'li-ans Chel'lus Ca'lah Cal'a-mus [tah Che-lu'bal Caleb Eph'ra- Che-lu'bar Cal'i-tas Chem'a-rims Cu'shi [tha'im Cuth E'A-NAS E-bed'me-lech E-ca'nus Ec-bat'a-na E-liph'a-leh E-li'shah El-i-shu'a Ec-cle-si-as'tes E-lis'i'mus Ec-cle-si-as'ti- E-li'u E'den [cus E-li'ud E'dom E'dom-ites Che're-as Dal-a-i'ah Ed're-i Cher'eth-ims Cher'eth-ites Dal-ma-nu'tha Eg la-im Dal'phon Che'rith Dam'a-ris E'hi E liz'a-phaz El-i-se'us E-li'zur El'ka-nah El'ko-shite Ella-sar Ca phen'a-tha Che'rish El'mo-dam El'na-am AMAT VICTORIA CURAM-VICTORY IS GAINED BY EFFORT. |