Arne Jönsson wrote: > quid quaeque may have been pronounced quicquaeque by assimilation thus > making the pronounciation considerably easier.
Yes, I've wondered about this. It may have been pronounced thus colloquially, but a declaimer of epic poetry might be expected to enunciate more carefully. If the assimilation did take place, however, then add -cqu- twice to the cacophonous clash of consonants that make up the line. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
