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geminatio vocalium

geminatio vocalium noun: the process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.

Noun

geminatio vocalium (uncountable)

  1. The process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.
    • The least-used method is geminatio vocalium, as in Oscan and (occasionally) Umbrian: PAASTORES.2008, Andrew L Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin

Origin of geminatio vocalium

Borrowed from Latin geminatio vocalium (“doubling of vowels”).

Questions about geminatio vocalium

What does geminatio vocalium mean?
Geminatio vocalium means the process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.
What part of speech is geminatio vocalium?
Geminatio vocalium is a noun.

Words near geminatio vocalium in the dictionary

  1. geminate
  2. geminated
  3. geminately
  4. geminates
  5. geminating
  6. geminatio vocalium
  7. gemination
  8. geminations
  9. geminative
  10. Gemini
  11. Geminian

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