单词 | disyllable |
例句 | Every pentameter of the amatory poems and the first fifteen Heroides ends in a disyllable. The Last Poems of Ovid The secret is, to draw out et into a disyllable, et-te, as the Italians do, who pronounce Latin verse, if possible, worse than we, adding a syllable to such as end with a consonant. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection It was this: Words formed from Greek disyllables in ος, whether the penultimate vowel be long or short, are monosyllables made long by e final. Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc In disyllables the penultimate vowel is long, as in 'famous', 'vinous'; in longer words the antepenultimate vowel is short, as 'criminous', 'generous'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin The narrower range of cadence allowed by the rule which makes every couplet regularly end in a disyllable, involves a monotony which only Ovid's immense dexterity enabled him to overcome. Latin Literature The word is metrically suited to the second half of the pentameter, before the disyllable: compare Tib I ii 70 & II iii 52, Fast V 118 & V 170, and Tr II 114. The Last Poems of Ovid In disyllables the former vowel or diphthong, if followed immediately by another vowel or diphthong, had the quality, and if emphatic also the quality, of a long vowel. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Perhaps the only disyllable is 'study'; the shortening of a stressed u shows its immediate derivation from the old French estudie. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Of the disyllables 'nature' keeps a long penultima, while 'figure' has it short, not because of the Latin quantity, but because of the French. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Here the long i is retained, and in disyllables the penultima is lengthened, as in 'anile', 'senile', 'virile'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin In his later poetry Ovid shows a steadily increasing willingness to allow his pentameters to end with words other than disyllables. The Last Poems of Ovid In a disyllable the vowel is long by the 'apex' rule, as in 'hyphen'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin |
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