[Ansteorra] pronunciation of Florilegium

Harris Mark.S-rsve60 Mark.s.Harris at motorola.com
Tue Oct 15 15:21:49 PDT 2002


> Classical Latin would return floh-rih-LAY-gee-oom (with a
> hard "g" as in
> "go"). It could be Anglicized to floh-ri-LEE-jee-um.
>
> Aethelyan Moondragon
> Bryn Gwlad
>
> The pronounciation of "Florilegium"? Who knows? It's Latin.
> Yes, the spelling is often a problem and I realized that it
> would be from the start. But "Miscellany" was already being
> used. :-)

Would the pronounciation be the same in Classical Latin and
Medieval Latin?

Even in medieval times, would a scholar in say Italy pronounce
it the same as someone in England or France? Or would there be
different accents because of the different native languages?

Stefan li Rous



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