Word: ei
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Tremont Theatre.- De Wolf Hopper in "EI Captan...
...apparent diphthongs in modern French, ai, ei, eu, ou and au, were pronounced separately in old Frence. Exception must be made in this case to au, for it does not appear in old writings, although it may have existed in speech. The sound oi, which seems so eminently English, is in reality of old French origin...
Until recently the highest meteorological station in the world has been that established by this observatory on Mt. Chachani, at an elevation of 16,650 feet. After making a careful examination of the volcano EI Misti, Professor Bailey has succeeded in establishing a station upon its top at an elevation of 19,200 feet. The mountain as seen from every direction, is an isolated, sharp peak, and is therefore especially suited for the study of the upper atmosphere...
...hunk of gold belonging to Polydorus." Horace fares little better when the verse " Parcus deorum cultus et infrequent" is rendered, "The park of the gods was not frequently cultivated. "Another one, "Exegi monimentum are perennius," "I have eaten a monument, and c." Here is one from Livy, "Venus ei candida veste apparuit," "Venus appeared to him with a white vest on." Another from the historian, "P. Scipio equestri genere natus," "Publius Scipio was born at a horse race." Here are two renderings of apparently cognate origin: "Caesaris bonas leges," "The bony legs of Caesar." "Nune viridi membra sub arbuto stratus...