Chapter 013Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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In some cases adjacent words, being pronounced together, are written as one:—
ūnusquisque
(
ūnus quisque
),
sīquis
(
sī quis
),
quārē
(
quā rē
),
quamobrem
(
quam ob rem
;
cf.
quās
ob
rēs
),
rēspūblica
(
rēs pūblica
),
iūsiūrandum
(
iūs iūrandum
),
paterfamiliās
(
pater familiās
).
Sometimes a slight change in pronunciation resulted, as, especially in the old poets, before
est
in
homōst
(
homō est
),
perīculumst
(
perīculum est
),
ausust
(
ausus est
),
quālist
(
quālis est
）
. Similarly there occur
vīn'
,
scīn'
for
vīsne
,
scīsne
,
sīs
(
sī vīs
),
sōdēs
(
sī audēs
),
sūltis
(
sī vultis
). Compare in English
somebody
,
to breakfast; he's
,
I've
,
thou'rt.