udere, dare; cavere,
ware; whence, a-ware, beware, wary, warn, warning; for the Latin v
consonant formerly sounded like our w, and the modern sound of the v
consonant was formerly that of the letter f, that is, the AEolick
digamma, which had the sound of [Greek: ph], and the modern sound of
the letter f was that of the Greek [Greek: ph] or ph; ulcus, ulcere,
ulcer, sore, and hence sorry, sorrow, sorrowful; ingenium, engine, gin,
scalenus, leaning, unless you would rather derive it from [Greek:
klino], whence inclino; infundibulum, funnel; gagates, jett, projectum,
to jett forth, a jetty; cucullus, a cowl.

There are syncopes somewhat harder; from tempore, time; from nomine,
name, domina, dame; as the French homme, femme, nom, from homine,
foemina, nomine. Thus pagina, page; [Greek: poterion], pot; [Greek:
kypella], cup; cantharus, can; tentorium, tent; precor, pray; preda,
prey; specio, speculor, spy; plico, ply; implico, imply; replico,
reply; complico, comply; sedes episcopalis, see.

A vowel is also cut off in the middle, that the number of the syllables
may be lessened; as amita, aunt; spiritus, spright; debitum, debt;
dubito, doubt; comes, comitis, count; clericus, clerk; quietus, quit,
quite; acquieto, to acquit; separo, to spare; stabilis, stable;
stabulum, stable; pallacium, palace, place; rabula, rail, rawl, wrawl,
brawl, rable, brable; quaesito, quest.

As also a consonant, or at least one of a softer sound, or even a whole
syllable, rotundus, round; fragilis, frail; securus, sure; regula,
rule; tegula, tile; subtilis, subtle; nomen, noun; decanus, dean;
computo, count; subitaneus, sudden, soon; superare, to soar; periculum,
peril; mirabile, marvel; as magnus, main; dignor, deign; tingo, stain;
tinctum, taint; pingo, paint; praedari, reach.

The contractions may seem harder, where many of them meet, as [Greek:
kyriakos], kyrk, church; presbyter, priest; sacristanus, sexton;
frango, fregi, break, breach; fagus, [Greek: phega], beech, f changed
into b, and g into ch, which are letters near akin; frigesco, freeze,
frigesco, fresh, sc into sh, as above in bishop, fish, so in scapha,
skiff, skip, and refrigesco, refresh; but viresco, fresh; phlebotamus,
fleam; bovina, beef; vitulina, veal; scutifer, squire; poenitentia,
penance; sanctuarium, sanctuary, sentry; quaesitio, chas