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Thread #129074 Message #2894625
Posted By: GUEST,highlandman at work
26-Apr-10 - 11:40 AM
Thread Name: help with Latin. Laudemus virginem
Subject: RE: help with Latin. Laudemus virginem
What Greg said, plus 'laudEmus' means 'let us praise.' 'LaudAmus' would be 'we praise.' As for the pronunciation, just be consistent. If you use soft g (j) in plangemus, then use soft g in virginem and soft c before e in scelera (shelera). Likewise soft v (w) for virginem use soft j (y) for jugiter. Either way the g in jugiter would be hard. [Personally I prefer all soft consonants for singing and all hard consonants for classic period poetry.] The spelling of Ihesus might be a clue that the j is supposed to be hard (like juggle), otherwise why not spell it Jesus? But spelling wasn't standardized for a long time yet... good luck. Sounds like fun. -Glenn