*Atrebates.-Ainsworth accents this word on the antepenultimate syllable; but Lempriere, Gouldman, Holyoke, and Labbe, on the penultimate; and this is, în my opinion, the better pronunciation. C ✦ Bellerus. All our lexicographers unite in giving this word the antepenultithate accent: but Milton seems to have sanctioned the penultimate, as much more agreeable to English ears, in his Lycidas Or whether thou to our moist vows deny'd Bel-lo-ve'sus Blan-de-no'na Bib'li-a, and Bil'li-a | Blæ'sus Beʼlon Blan-du'si-a Blas-to-pho-ni'ces Bo'æ, and Bo'c-a Boc' chus Bo-du'ni Bo-e-dro'mi-a Be-ro'sus Bi-san' the Bo-o-tar'cha Ber-rho'a Though it must be acknowledged that Milton has in this word deserted the classical pronunciation, yet his authority is sufficient to make us acquiesce in his accentuation in the above-mentioned passage. + Bianor-Lempriere accents this word on the first syllable: but Labbe, Ainsworth, Gouldman, and Holyoke, on the second; and these agree with Virgil, Ecl. ix. v. 60. |