Brescia, Italy 28.4.98
Here in Italy in high school education is prefered the Scholastic
pronunciation (Cicero), in Univeristy it depends on the professor.
I had 4 differents latin professor when I did University and three of them
used the scholastic pronunciations, while the fourth loved and
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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 09:58:51 +
As I understand it, 'Virgil' (or French 'Virgile', etc.) is the traditional
spelling in modern languages. 'Vergil' is preferred by some (a minority) on
the ground that in Latin the name is 'Vergilius', 'Vergilii', etc.. The
'Virgil'
At 09:22 a.m. 4/25/98 -0500, Alice Conrad O'Briain wrote:
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Simon Cauchi wrote
I once knew a learned autodidact who habitually spoke of 'Kikero'.
And Alice wrote:
Either spelling is viable and the kikero pronunciation comes from the Roman
adoption of the greek letter kappa
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As I understand it, 'Virgil' (or French 'Virgile', etc.) is the traditional
spelling in modern languages.
'Vergil' (despite Heinze) is normal in modern German.
'Vergil' is preferred by some (a minority) on
the ground that in
I wrote:
I once knew a learned autodidact who habitually spoke of 'Kikero'.
Alice Conrad-O'Briain responded:
Either spelling is viable and the kikero pronunciation comes from the Roman
adoption of the greek letter kappa so when reading classical latin witht
he correct pronunctiation rather than
Personally I spell Vergil 'Vergil' because I like the way the e looks on
the page.
Perhaps we could agree that this is a matter of aesthetics and save the
disputation about tastes?
There is a minor textual matter in the Georgics which bears an odd
resemblance to this debate. At Geo. 1.25, the
