* Achalytos.-Ch, in this and all the subsequent words, have the sound of k. Thus Achabytos, Achæa, Achates, &c. are pronounced as if written Akabyros, Akaa, Akates, &c. See Rule 12th.

* Ea. This diphthong is merely ocular, for the a has no share in the sound, though it appears in the type. Indeed as we pronounce the a, there is no middle sound between that letter and e, and therefore we have adopted the last vowel and relinquished the first. This, among other reasons, makes it probable that the Brecks and Romans pronounced the a as we do in water, and the e as we hear it

in where and there; the middle or mixt sound then would be like a in father, which was probably the sound they gave to this diphthong.

+ Egis. This diphthong, though long in Greek and Latin, is in English pronunciation either long or short, according to the accent or position of it. Thus, if it immediately precedes the accent as in Ægeus, or with the accent on it, before a single consonant, in a word of two syllables, it is long, as in Ægis; before two consonants it is short, as in Ægles; or before one only, if the accent be on the antepenultimate, as Æropus.-For the exceptions to this rule, sec Rule 22.

Ag-a-mem'non

Ag-e-nor'i-des

Es'chy-lus (21)

Æs-cu-la'pi-us (22) | Ag-a-mem-no'ni-us 'Ag-e-ri'nus

* One of the Generals of Valentinian the third; which, Labbe tells us, ought properly to be written Aëtius; that is, without the diphthong. We may observe, that as this word comes from the Greek, but is latinized, it is pronounced with the z like sh, as if written Æshius; but the preceding word, Ætion, being pure Greck, does not conform to this analogy.-See Rule the 11th and 29th.