Bella???
Haggridd
jkusalavagemd at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 6 17:54:46 UTC 2004
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...>
wrote:
> Jen, the invaluable Resident Classicist, wrotE:
>
> > 2. In a three (or more) syllable word, stress the
> antepenultimate,
> > unless the penult is long, in which case you stress that.
The
> penult
> > is long if it contains a long vowel or a short vowel followed
> by two
> > or more consonants.
>
> How does one know whether the vowel is long or short?
>
> Amy
In the case of Bellatrix, the vowel in the antepenult is followed by
two consonants.
Haggridd
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