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Thread #129074 Message #2894942
Posted By: Lighter
26-Apr-10 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: help with Latin. Laudemus virginem
Subject: RE: help with Latin. Laudemus virginem
Initial J in Latin is normally pronounced as "Y." The only exception I can think of is in thoroughly anglicized pronunciations of (mainly legal) Latin phrases like "jus ad bellum."
The "Ih" of "Ihesus" is a frequent but less-than-usual medieval spelling and most likely reflected the Greek letters "IH" in the Greek spelling.