Hello, again.
This is a question which it has occurred to me to ask many times, but I have not until now. I have wondered whether long vowels within a Latin word always provide the stressed syllable of the word. That is to say, if one sees a word having one "macronized" vowel (yes, like the Bard, I will make up words as the occasion demands), is the syllable of said word containing that vowel necessarily the stressed syllable thereof? For instance, I would tend to place the stress within...
Do long vowels always indicate stressed syllables?
This is a question which it has occurred to me to ask many times, but I have not until now. I have wondered whether long vowels within a Latin word always provide the stressed syllable of the word. That is to say, if one sees a word having one "macronized" vowel (yes, like the Bard, I will make up words as the occasion demands), is the syllable of said word containing that vowel necessarily the stressed syllable thereof? For instance, I would tend to place the stress within...
Do long vowels always indicate stressed syllables?
