PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS
Reading edition
The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster's International Dictionary.
EXPLANATION OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.
A Dash (¯) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in fāte, ēve, tīme, nōte, ūse. A Dash and a Dot (ǡ) above the vowel denote the same sound, less prolonged. A Curve (˘) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in ădd, ĕnd, ĭll, ŏdd, ŭp. A Dot (·) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in pȧst, ȧbāte, Amĕricȧ. A Double Dot (¨) above the vowel a denotes the broad sound of a in fäther, älms. A Double Dot (¨) below the vowel a denotes the sound of a in ba̤ll. A Wave (~) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in hẽr. A Circumflex Accent (^) above the vowel o denotes the sound of o in bôrn. A dot (.) below the vowel u denotes the sound of u in the French language. N indicates that the preceding vowel has the French nasal tone. ç sounds like s. c̵ sounds like k s̱ sounds like z. g̅ is hard as in g̅et. ġ is soft as in ġem.
Achaian (ȧ-kā´yȧn). Achilles (ȧ-kĭl´lēz). Acropolis (ȧ-krŏp´ō̇-lĭs). Admetus (ăd-mē´tŭs). Ægis (ē´jĭs). Æschylus (ĕs´kĭ-lŭs). Agoracritus (ăg-ō̇-răk´rĭ-tŭs). Agrippa (ȧ-grĭp´ȧ). Albani (äl-bä´nē). Alcamenes (ăl-kăm´ĕ-nēz). äl´tĭs. Antigone (ăn-tĭg̅´ō-nē). Antigonus (ăn-tĭg̅´ō-nŭs). Antium (ăn´shĭ-ŭm). Aphrodite (ăf-rō̇-dī´tē). Apollo (ȧ-pŏl´ō). Apoxyomenos (ă-pŏx-ĭ-ŏm´ē̇-nŏs). Ares (ā´rēz). Argicide (är´jĭ-sīd). Argonauts (är´g̅ō-na̤tz). är´g̅ŭs. Aristophanes (ăr-ĭs-tŏf´ȧ-nēz). Athena (ă-thē´nȧ). Athens (ăth´ĕnz). Bacchus (băk´ŭs). Belvedere (bĕl-vē̇-dēr´). Bernini (bĕr-nē´nē). Brunn (brŏŏn). caduceus (kȧ-dū´sē̇-ŭs). Căl´ȧmĭs. Căllī´ōpē. Centaur (sĕn´ta̤r). Cerberus (sẽr´bē̇-rŭs). Ceres (sē´rēz). Chiron (kī´rŏn). Collignon (kŏl-lē̇n-yôN´). Crĕs´ĭlȧs. Cyprus (sī´prŭs). Delphi (dĕl´fī). Dĕmē´tẽr. Dĕmē´trĭŭs. Dī´ō̇mĕd. Dĭscŏb´ō̇lŭs. dĭs´kŏs. Dŏnätĕl´lō. Elgin (ĕl´g̅ĭn). Eros (ē´rŏs). Euphranor (ū-frā´nôr). Euripides (ū-rĭp´ĭ-dēz). Eurydice (ū-rĭd´ī-sē̇). Furtwängler (fōōrt´vǡng-lẽr). Găl´ȧhăd. Giustiniana (jŏŏs-tē-nē-ä´nä). glaukopis (gla̤-kō´pĭs). Gorgon (g̅ôr´g̅ŏn). Hĕc´ǡtē. Hĕllĕnĭs´tĭc. Hephæstus (hē̇-fĕs´tŭs). Hē´rä. Heræum (hē̇-rē´ŭm). Hĕr´cūlēs̱. hermæ (hẽr´mē). Hẽr´mēs̱. Hē´sĭŏd. ĭk´rĭŏn prō´räs. Iliad (ĭl´ĭ-ȧd). Io (ī´ō). Ithaca (ĭth´ȧ-kȧ). Jā´sŏn. Jū´nō. Jū´pĭtẽr. Lancelotti (län-chǡ-lŏt´ē). Lăt´ẽrȧn. Leochares (lē̇-ŏk´ȧ-rēz). Louvre (lōō´vr). Lucian (lū´shĭ-ȧn). Ludovisi (lōō-dō-vē´zē). Lutatius Catulus (lū-tā´shĭ-ŭs kăt´ū-lŭs). Lȳcûr´gŭs. Lȳsĭp´pŭs. Märs. Mĕd´ĭcä. Mē´lŏs. Mẽr´cūry̆. Mĕtȧmŏr´phōsēs̱. Mĕt´ōpēs̱. Mī´lō. Mĭnẽr´vȧ. Mȳ´rŏn. Nĕm´ĕsĭs. Nī´kē. Nȳ´sȧ. ōdē´ŭm. Odyssey (ŏd´ĭ-sĭ). Œdipus Coloneus (ĕd´ĭ-pŭs kō-lō-nē´-ŭs). Œdipus Tyrannus (ĕd´ĭ-pŭs tĭ-răn´-ŭs). Œnone (ē-nō´nē̇). Olympia (ō-lĭm´pĭ-ȧ). Olympiad (ō-lĭm´pĭ-ăd). Olympic (ō-lĭm´pĭk). Olympus (ō-lĭm´pŭs). Orpheus (ôr´fūs). Otricoli (ō-trē´kō-lē). Ovid (ŏv´ĭd). palæstra (pȧ-lĕs´trȧ). Păl´lȧs. Panathenæa (păn-ăth-ē̇-nē´ȧ). Pănăthē̇nā´ĭc. Pärnăs´sŭs. Pär´thē̇nŏn. Pā´tẽr. Pǡtrō´clŭs. Peloponnesian (pĕl-ō̇-pŏn-nē´shȧn). Pē̇nĕl´ōpē̇. Pĕntĕl´ĭc. pĕp´lŏs. Pĕr´ĭclēs. Persephone (pẽr-sĕf´ō-nē). Perseus (pẽr´sūs). Phidias (fĭd´ĭ-ȧs). Phœbus (fē´bŭs). Phrynicus (frĭn´ĭ-kŭs). Pĭn´dȧr. plĕc´trŭm. Plĭn´y̆. Plutarch (plū´tärk). Plū´tō. Pŏlĭclȳ´tŭs. Pŏlĭôrçē´tēs̱. Prăxĭt´ĕlēs̱. Ptolemy (tŏl´ĕ-mĭ). Py̆th´ĭȧ. Pȳ´thŏn. Reber, von (fŏn rā´bẽr). Săl´ȧmĭs. Sā´mĭȧn. Sā´mŏs. Samothrace (săm´ō̇-thrās). Scō´pȧs. Scyros (sī´rŏs). Sŏph´ōclēs̱. strigil (strĭ´jĭl). Sty̆x. Symonds (sĭm´ŭndz). Telemachus (tē̇-lĕm´ȧ-kŭs). Terracina (tĕr-rä-chē´nä). Thēŏg̅´ōny̆. Theseus (thē´sūs). Thrace (thrās). Trastevere (träs-tā-vā´rā). trireme (trī´rēm). Trō´jȧn. Ulysses (ū-ly̆s´sēz). Vatican (văt´ĭ-kȧn). Vē´nŭs. Vŭl´cȧn. Waldstein (wa̤ld´stīn). Zeus (zūs).