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<title>ORTHOGRAPHICAL INDEX of An Elementary Latin Dictionary</title>
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<H1>ORTHOGRAPHICAL INDEX.</H1>
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A list of the principal words which are variously spelled in MSS. and editions. From Brambach's &#x201c;Aids to Latin Orthography.&#x201d;
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(In most cases the form approved by Brambach is that preferred by recent editors; but there are still several words on which high authorities differ from him or from one another. For particulars, see the Lexicon.)
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<p>ab in compounds before  <i>i</i> (for <i>j</i>), <i>h, b, d, l, n, r, s;</i> <i>abs</i> before <i>c, q, t;</i> <i>as</i> before <i>p</i> (asporto); <i>a</i> before <i>m</i> and <i>v</i>; <i>au</i> before <i>f</i> (aufero, aufugio; but afui, v. absum).</p>

<p>abicio, better than abjicio.</p>

<p>abscisio, better than abcisio.</p>

<p>absum, afui, afore, etc. (not abfui).</p>

<p>ad in compounds before <i>i</i> (for <i>j</i>), <i>h, b, d, f, m, n, q, v;</i> <i>ac</i> before <i>c</i>, sometimes <i>q</i> (better adquiro, etc.); <i>ag</i> or <i>ad</i> before <i>g</i>, but <i>a</i> or <i>ad</i> before <i>gn, sp, sc, st;</i> <i>ad</i> or <i>al</i> before <i>l</i>; <i>ad</i> (less prop. <i>an</i>) before <i>n;</i> <i>ap</i> (less freq. <i>ad</i>) before <i>p;</i> <i>ad</i> or <i>ar</i> before <i>r;</i> <i>ad</i> or <i>as</i> before <i>s;</i> <i>at</i> before <i>t</i> (rarely <i>ad</i>).</p>

<p>adicio, better than adjicio.</p>

<p>adsimulo, better than adsimilo.</p>

<p>adulescens (subst.), better than adolescens; so adulescentia, etc.</p>

<p>aeneus, aenus, better than ahe-.</p>

<p>aequipero, not aequiparo.</p>

<p>alioqui, better than alioquin.</p>

<p>aliunde or alicunde.</p>

<p>allucinor or hallu-; old form halucinor.</p>

<p>ancora, not anchora.</p>

<p>antemna or antenna.</p>

<p>antiquus, <i>old;</i> anticus, <i>that is in front.</i></p>
 
<p>anulus, anellus, not ann-.</p>

<p>apud; also (less freq.) aput.</p>

<p>arcesso or accerso.</p>

<p>atqui, better than atquin.</p>

<p>auctor, auctoritas, not aut-.</p>

<p>audacter, not audaciter.</p>

<p>autumnus, not auctumnus.</p>

<p>baca, better than bacca.</p>

<p>baccar, better than bacchar.</p>

<p>ballista, better than balista.</p>

<p>balneum or balineum.</p>

<p>barritus, not baritus, barditus.</p>

<p>belua, not bellua.</p>

<p>benedico, benefacio, or separately, bene dico, bene facio.</p>

<p>benevolus, beneficus, etc., better than benivolus, benificus.</p>

<p>bipartitus and bipertitus.</p>

<p>braca, not bracca.</p>

<p>bracchium, not brachium.</p>

<p>bucina, not buccina; so bucinator.</p>

<p>caecus, not coecus.</p>

<p>caelebs, not coelebs.</p>

<p>caelum, caelestis, etc., not coel-.</p>

<p>caementum, not cementum.</p>

<p>caenum, not coenum.</p>

<p>caerimonia or caeremonia, not cer-.</p>

<p>caespes, not cespes.</p>

<p>caestus, not cestus.</p>

<p>candela, not candella.</p>

<p>cauda, vulgar form coda.</p>

<p>causa, better than caussa.</p>

<p>cena, not coena.</p>

<p>ceteri, not caeteri.</p>

<p>cheragra or chiragra.</p>

<p>circumeo or circueo, circumitus or circuitus.</p>

<p>coclea, better than cochlea.</p>

<p>coicio, better than conicio, coiicio.</p>

<p>comissor or comisor.</p>

<p>comminus, not cominus.</p>

<p>comprehendo, better than comprendo.</p>

<p>condicio, not conditio.</p>

<p>conecto, not connecto; so conexio, conexus.</p>

<p>conitor, not connitor.</p>

<p>coniveo, not conniveo.</p>

<p>conjunx, better than conjux.</p>

<p>contio, not concio.</p>

<p>conubium, not connubium.</p>

<p>convicium, not convitium.</p>

<p>cottidie or cotidie, not quotidie.</p>

<p>culleus, culleum, not culeus, culeum.</p>

<p>cum, or archaic quom, not quum.</p>

<p>cum in composition: <i>com</i> before <i>b, m, p;</i> <i>con</i> before <i>c, d, f, g, i</i> (for <i>j</i>), <i>n, q, s, t, v;</i> but <i>co</i> before <i>gn</i>, before <i>n</i> in conecto, coniveo, etc., and before vowels and <i>h</i> (except comedo, comes, comitor, comitium, and their derivv.); hence cogo for coago; <i>cor</i> before <i>r;</i> <i>con</i> or <i>col</i> before <i>l.</i></p>

<p>cumba, better than cymba.</p>

<p>cumque, not cunque.</p>
 
<p>cuppes, better than cupes ; so cuppedo, cuppediae.</p>

<p>cupressus, not cypressus.</p>

<p>Cybebe or Cybele.</p>

<p>damma, not dama.</p>

<p>Dareus, better than Darius.</p>

<p>deicio, better than dejicio.</p>

<p>denuntio, not denuncio.</p>

<p>deprehendo or deprendo.</p>

<p>derigo and dirigo are to be distinguished; v. these words.</p>

<p>describo and discribo are to be distinguished; v. these words.</p>

<p>designo and dissigno are to be distinguished; v. designo.</p>

<p>deversorium, better than devor-, not diversorium.</p>

<p>dicio, not ditio.</p>

<p>dilectus (a military levy), not delectus.</p>

<p>discidium, not dissidium.</p>

<p>discribo, discriptio, v. describo.</p>

<p>disicio (dissicio), better than disjicio.</p>

<p>dissignator (an undertaker, etc.), not designator.</p>

<p>dumetum or dummetum, dumosus or dummosus.</p>

<p>dumtaxat, not duntaxat.</p>

<p>dupondius, later form dipondius.</p>

<p>eculeus, better than equuleus.</p>

<p>edo, esum, better than essum.</p>

<p>edyllium or idyllium.</p>

<p>ei (interjection), not hei.</p>

<p>eicio, better than ejicio.</p>

<p>elleborus, better than helleborus.</p>

<p>emo, emptum, not emtum; so emptio, emptor, etc.</p>

<p>epistula, not epistola ; but epistolicus (=<foreign lang="greek">e)pistoliko/s</foreign>).</p>

<p>Erinys, not Erinnys.</p>

<p>erus, era, erilis, not herus, etc.</p>

<p>Euander, Euandrus, not Evander.</p>

<p>euhoe (= <foreign lang="greek">eu)oi/</foreign>), not evoe.</p>

<p>ex before vowels and <i>h;</i> <i>e</i> or <i>ex</i> before consonants.</p>

<p>ex in composition, before vowels, and <i>h, c, p</i> (except epotus, epoto), <i>q, t,</i> and <i>s;</i> the <i>s</i> is better retained, e. g. exsanguis, better than exanguis, etc.; <i>e</i> before <i>b, d, g, i</i> (for <i>j</i>), <i>l, m, n, r, v;</i> <i>ef</i> before <i>f</i>.</p>

<p>exim or exin.</p>

<p>eximo, exemptum, not exemtum.</p>

<p>faenum (vulgar form fenum), not foenum.</p>

<p>faenus, better than fenus, not foenus; so faenero, faenerator, etc.</p>

<p>fecunditas, fecundo, fecundus, not foecunditas,etc.</p>

<p>fetidus, feteo, fetor, better than foetidus, etc.</p>

<p>fetus (subst. and partic.), not foetus.</p>

<p>futtilis, better than futilis.</p>

<p>gaesum, not gesum.</p>

<p>Gaetuli and Getuli.</p>

<p>Genava, not Geneva.</p>

<p>genetivus, genetrix, not genitivus, genitrix.</p>

<p>glaeba, better than gleba.</p>

<p>gratiis and gratis.</p>

<p>Hadria, Hadriaticus, Hadrianus, not Adria, etc.</p>

<p>Hadrumetum, Hadrumetinus, not Adrumetum, etc.</p>

<p>haedus, not hoedus, aedus. Rustic form edus.</p>

<p>Halaesa, Halaesus, not Halesa, etc.</p>

<p>Halicarnasus and Alicarnasus.</p>

<p>Hamilcar, not Amilcar.</p>

<p>Hannibal, not Annibal.</p>

<p>harena, harenosus, better than arena, etc.</p>

<p>hariola, hariolatio, hariolor, hariolus, and ariola, ariolatio, ariolus.</p>

<p>harundo, better than arundo.</p>

<p>haruspex, better than aruspex.</p>

<p>haud and haut; also, before consonants, hau.</p>

<p>haveo and aveo.</p>

<p>hebenus, better than ebenus.</p>

<p>hedera, better than edera.</p>

<p>helluo, helluatio, helluor, better than heluo, etc.</p>

<p>hercisco and ercisco.</p>

<p>heri and (in Quintilian's time) here.</p>

<p>Hiberes, Hiberia, Hiberus, not Iberes, etc.</p>

<p>holus, better than olus; archaic helus.</p>

<p>humo, humus, not umo, umus.</p>

<p>idcirco and iccirco.</p>

<p>ilico, not illico.</p>

<p>immo, not imo.</p>

<p>in primis, inprimis, and imprimis.</p>

<p>inclitus and inclutus, not inclytus.</p>

<p>incoho, better than inchoo; not incoo.</p>

<p>indutiae, not induciae.</p>

<p>inicio, better than injicio.</p>

<p>intellego, intellegentia, not intelligo, etc.</p>

<p>internecio, better than internicio.</p>

<p>inunguo, not inungo.</p>

<p>Kalendae, better than Calendae.</p>

<p>Karthago and Carthago.</p>

<p>lacrima, not lacruma, lachrima, or lachryma.</p>

<p>lamina, lamna, and lammina.</p>

<p>lanterna, better than laterna.</p>

<p>lepor and lepos.</p>

<p>levis, not laevis.</p>

<p>libet, libens; archaic lubet, lubens; so libido.</p>

<p>littera, better than litera; so litterula.</p>

<p>litus, not littus.</p>

<p>maereo, maeror, maestus, maestitia, not moereo, etc.</p>

<p>maledicus, maleficus, malevolus, better than malivolus, etc.</p>

<p>mille, <i>plur.</i> milia, better than millia.</p>

<p>millies and milies, better than milliens, etc.</p>

<p>multa, not mulcta; so multo.</p>

<p>murra, not myrrha.</p>

<p>myrtum, myrtus, not murtum, etc.</p>

<p>navus, better than gnavus.</p>

<p>ne (particle of affirmation), not nae.</p>

<p>neglego, neglegentia, not negligo, etc.</p>

<p>nenia, not naenia.</p>

<p>nequiquam, better than nequicquam.</p>

<p>nummus, not numus.</p>

<p>numquam and nunquam.</p>

<p>nuntio, nuntius, not nuncio, etc.</p>

<p>ob in composition, before <i>i</i> (for <i>j</i>), <i>h, b, d, l, n, r, s, t, v</i> (but before <i>s</i> and <i>t</i> frequently written <i>op</i>); also before vowels, except in obsolesco; <i>ob,</i> sometimes <i>om,</i> before <i>m;</i> <i>oc</i> before <i>c; of</i> before <i>f;</i> <i>og</i> before <i>g;</i> <i>op</i> before <i>p;</i> but <i>b</i> is dropped in omitto, operio, ostendo (for obstendo).</p>

<p>obicio, better than objicio.</p>

<p>oboedio, not obedio.</p>

<p>obscenus, better than obscaenus ; not obscoenus.</p>

<p>obstipesco, better than obstupesco.</p>

<p>opilio, better than upilio.</p>

<p>otium, otiosus, not ocium, etc.</p>

<p>paelex, better than pelex; not pellex.</p>

<p>paene, not pene nor poene.</p>

<p>paenitet, not poenitet.</p>

<p>paenula, not penula.</p>

<p>Parnasus, Parnasius, not Parnassus, etc.</p>

<p>paulus, better than paullus.</p>

<p>pejero, better than pejuro; not perjuro.</p>

<p>penna and pinna (for the distinction, v. the Lexicon, s. v. penna).</p>

<p>per in composition is unchanged, but <i>r</i> may become <i>l</i> before <i>l</i> (pellicio, cf. pellego), or may fall out in compounds of <i>jus</i> and <i>juro</i>, v. pejero.</p>

<p>percontor, better than percunctor; so percontatio.</p>

<p>perlego, not pellego nor pelligo.</p>

<p>plebs and plebes, not plebis (nom. sing.).</p>

<p>pretium, not precium.</p>

<p>proelium, not praelium.</p>

<p>proicio, better than projicio.</p>

<p>promunturium, not promontorium.</p>

<p>protinus, better than protenus.</p>

<p>pulcher, not pulcer.</p>

<p>quamquam and quanquam.</p>
 
<p>quattuor, better than quatuor.</p>

<p>querela, better than querella.</p>

<p>quicquam, better than quidquam.</p>

<p>quidquid and quicquid.</p>

<p>quotiens, better than quoties.</p>

<p>raeda, better than reda; not rheda.</p>

<p>recipero, better than recupero.</p>

<p>reicio, better than rejicio.</p>

<p>religio, religiosus, not relligio.</p>

<p>robigo, not rubigo.</p>

<p>saeculum, not seculum.</p>

<p>saepes, saepio, not sepes, etc.</p>

<p>saeta, not seta.</p>

<p>sarisa, better than sarissa.</p>

<p>satura, later form satira; not satyra.</p>

<p>scaena, not scena; so scaenicus, etc.</p>

<p>sepulcrum, better than sepulchrum.</p>

<p>sescenti, not sexcenti.</p>

<p>setius, not secius (v. secus).</p>

<p>singillatim, not singulatim.</p>

<p>sollemnis, not sollennis, sollempnis.</p>

<p>somnulentus, better than somnolentus.</p>

<p>stuppa, not stupa, stippa; so stuppeus.</p>

<p>suadela, not suadella.</p>

<p>sub in composition, before vowels and <i>h, i,</i> (for <i>j</i>), <i>b, d, l, n, s, t, v;</i> <i>suc</i> before <i>c;</i> <i>suf</i> before <i>f;</i> <i>sug</i> before <i>g;</i> <i>sum</i> or <i>sub</i> before <i>m;</i> <i>sup</i> before <i>p</i> (rarely sub); <i>sur</i> or <i>sub</i> before <i>r;</i> <i>sus</i> (for <i>subs</i>) in suscipio, suscito, suspendo, sustineo, sustento, sustuli; <i>su</i> in suspicio, suspiro.</p>

<p>subicio, better than subjicio.</p>

<p>suboles, not subolis, soboles.</p>

<p>subsicivus, not subsecivus.</p>

<p>sucus, not succus.</p>

<p>suspicio, better than suspitio.</p>

<p>taeter, not teter.</p>

<p>tamquam and tanquam.</p>

<p>tingo, not tinguo.</p>

<p>totiens, better than toties.</p>

<p>traicio and transicio, better than trajicio.</p>

<p>trans in composition before vowels and <i>b, c, f, g, p, r, t, v;</i> <i>tran</i> usually before <i>s,</i> always before <i>sc;</i> <i>trans</i> or <i>tra</i> before <i>i</i> (for <i>i</i> or <i>j</i>), <i>d, l, m, n.</i></p>

<p>tropaeum and trophaeum.</i>

<p>tus, not thus.</p>

<p>ubicumque, better than ubicunque.</p>

<p>Ulixes, not Ulysses.</p>

<p>umerus, not humerus.</p>

<p>umesco, umor, umidus, etc., not humesco, etc.</p>

<p>unguo and ungo.</p>

<p>urgeo, not urgueo.</p>

<p>utcumque, better than utcunque.</p>

<p>utrimque, not utrinque.</p>

<p>venumdo and venundo.</p>

<p>Vergilius, not Virgilius.</p>

<p>Verginius, not Virginius.</p>

<p>vertex, not vortex.</p>

<p>vicesimus, more usual than vigesimus; not vicensimus.</p>

<p>vilicus, vilico, vilicatus, not villicus, etc.</p>

<p>virectum, not viretum.</p>

<p>Volcanus, not Vulcanus.</p>

<p>vulgus, not volgus.</p>

<p>vulnus, not volnus.</p>

<p>vultus, not voltus.</p>

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