[33]
There are also certain peculiar and
indescribable sounds for which we sometimes take
whole nations to fault. To sum up then, if all the
faults of which we have just spoken be avoided,
[p. 95]
we shall be in possession of the Greek ὀρθοέπεια,
that is to say, an exact and pleasing articulation; for
that is what we mean when we speak of correct
pronunciation.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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