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#92564 01/20/03 01:47 PM
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Not to be confused with cicisbeo
cicisbeo
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pl. 3be[os# 73bz#8 or It. 3be$i 73c8 5It6 the lover of a married woman



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nor with cicerone

cicerone
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pl. 3nes# 73ncz#8 or It. 3ni 73nc8 5It < L Cicero, the orator: ? from the usual loquacity of guides6 a guide who explains the history and chief






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I just checked a site about Latin pronunciation, and it said "c" is always hard.
Hello, Kickero!


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>lover of a married man

paramour works for either, but perhaps there is an equivalent in Italian?


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I just checked a site about Latin pronunciation, and it said "c" is always hard.
Hello, Kickero!


wwh, tell me it ain't true!

I can't believe Cicero would be pronounced: Kicker-oh.

Isn't there some rule somewhere about the letter 'c'? At least in French the 'c' before a, o and u, I believe, is hard and soft in front of 'i' and 'e.' You have to modify the 'c' before a, o, and u to soften them by using a special accent. Is there a similar rule in Latin? It seems 'c' before 'i' in Cicero must be soft and not hard simple because I've never heard anyone say Kickero. Please, Latin lovers, speak out on this!


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In Classical Latin, the Latin of the very Cicero of whom we speak, the letter C was always hard. As the ages wore on, the sound of the C before front vowels (i and e) was pulled forward from the back articulation to one further forward in the mouth. This expressed itself as a ch sound in Italian, a ts sound in German and further degenerated to an s sound in French.


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I can't believe Cicero would be pronounced: Kicker-oh.

If there were a rule qualifying the hardness of the 'c', would you prefer 'sickero' or 'kissero'?



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"What's the lover of a married man called?' Amistressl Definition of a ;mistress - something
between a mister and a mattress.
i was surprised dictionary gave no synonym for "cicisbeo". One day I overheard my mother
discussing a socially prominent young man who was the cicisbeo of a locally prominent widow.
She referred to him as Mrs. Soandso;s "accomodator". I nearly fell down the stairs, it struck me
as so funny.


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What's the lover of a married man called? - WW

A butt on the side?


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