Pronouncing Vocabulary of Names
[Key.—
a,e,i,o,u—as in hat, bet, it, hot, hut; â,ê,î,ô,û—as in ate, mote, mite, mote, mute; å—as in America, freeman, coward; ë—as in her, fern; ü—as in burn, furl. ]
Adriana (ad-ri-â’-nå)AEgeon (ê’-ge-on)AEmilia (ê-mil’-i-å)Alcibiades (al-si-bî’-å-dêz)Aliena (â-li-ê’-nå)Angelo (an’-je-lô)Antioch (an’-ti-ok)Antiochus (an-tî’-o-kus)Antipholus (an-tif’-o-lus)Antonio (an-tô’-ni-ô)Apemantus (ap-e-man’-tus)Apollo (å-pol’-ô)Ariel (â’ri-el)Arragon (ar’-å-gon)
Banquo (ban’-kwô)Baptista (bap-tis’-tå)Bassanio (bas-sa’-ni-ô)Beatrice (bê’å-tris)Bellario (bel-lâ’-ri-ô)Bellarius (bel-lâ’-ri-us)Benedick (ben’-e-dik)Benvolio (ben-vô’-li-ô)Bertram (bër’-tram)Bianca (bê-an’-kå)Borachio (bô-rach’-i-ô)Brabantio (brå-ban’chô)Burgundy (bür’-gun-di)
Caliban (kal’-i-ban)Camillo (kå-mil’-ô)Capulet (kap’-û-let)Cassio (kas’-i-ô)Celia (sê’-li-å)Centaur (sen’-tawr)Cerimon (sê’-ri-mon)Cesario (se-sâ’-ri-ô)Claudio (klaw’-di-ô)Claudius (klaw’-di-us)Cordelia (kawr-dê’-li-å)Cornwall (kawrn’-wawl)Cymbeline (sim’-be-lên)
Demetrius (de-mê’-tri-us)Desdemona (des-de-mô-nå)Diana (dî-an’-å)Dionyza (dî-ô-nî’-zå)Donalbain (don’-al-ban)Doricles (dor’-i-klêz)Dromio (drô’-mi-ô)Duncan (dung’-kån)
Emilia (ê-mil’-i-å)Ephesus (ef’e-sus)Escalus (es’-kå-lus)
Ferdinand (fër’-di-nand)Flaminius (flå-min’-i-us)Flavius (flâ’-vi-us)Fleance (flê’-ans)Florizel (flor’-i-zel)
Ganymede (gan’-i-mêd)Giulio (jû’-li-ô)Goneril (gon’-e-ril)Gonzalo (gon-zah’-lô)
Helena (hel’-e-nå)Helicanus (hel-i-kâ’nus)Hercules (hër’kû-lêz)Hermia (hër’mi-å)Hermione (hër-mî’-o-nê)Horatio (hô-râ’-shi-ô)Hortensio (hor-ten’-si-ô)
Iachimo (yak’-i-mô)Iago (ê-ah-gô)Illyria ((il-lir’-i-å)Imogen (im’-o-jen)
Jessica (jes’-i-kå)Juliet (ju’li-et)
Laertes (lâ-ër’-têz)Lafeu (lah-fu’)Lear (lêr)Leodovico (lê-ô-dô’-vi-kô)Leonato (lê-ô-nâ’-tô)Leontes (lê-on-têz)Luciana (lû-shi-â’nå)Lucio (lû’-shi-ô)Lucius (lû’-shi-us)Lucullus (lû-kul’-us)Lysander (lî-san’-dër)Lysimachus (lî-sim’-å-kus)
Macbeth (mak-beth’)Magdalen (mag’-då-len)Malcolm (mal’-kum)Malvolio (mal-vô’li-ô)Mantua (man-‘tû-å)Mariana (mah-ri-â’-na)Menaphon (men’-å-fon)Mercutio (mer-kû’-shi-ô)Messina (mes-sê’-nah)Milan (mil’-ån)Miranda (mî-ran’-då)Mitylene (mit-ê-lê’-nê)Montagu (mon’-tå-gû)Montano (mon-tah’-nô)
Oberon (ob’-ër-on)Olivia (ô-liv’-i-å)Ophelia (ô-fêl’-i-å or o-fêl’-yå)Orlando (awr-lan’-dô)Orsino (awr-sê’-nô)Othello (ô-thel’-ô)
Parolles (pa-rol’-êz)Paulina (paw-lî’-nå)Pentapolis (pen-tap’-o-lis)Perdita (për’-di-tå)Pericles (per’-i-klêz)Petruchio (pe-trû’-chi-ô)Phoenix (fê’-niks)Pisanio (pê-sah’-ni-ô)Polixines (pô-liks’-e-nêz)Polonius (pô-lô’-ni-us)Portia (pôr’-shi-å)Proteus (prô’-te-us or prô’-tûs)
Regan (rê’-gån)Roderigo (rô-der’-i-gô)Romano (rô-mah’-nô)Romeo (rô’-me-ô)Rosalind (roz’-å-lind)Rosaline (roz’-å-lin)Rousillon (ru-sê-lyawng’)
Sebastian (se-bas’-ti-ån)Sempronius (sem-prô’-ni-us)Simonides (si-mon’-i-dêz)Solinus (sô-lî’-nus)Sycorax (sî’-ko-raks)Syracuse (sir-å-kus)
Thaisa (tha-is’-å)Thaliard (thâ’-li-ård)Thurio (thû’-ri-ô)Timon (tî’-mon)Titania (tî-tan’-i-å)Tybalt (tib’-ålt)
Ursula (ur’-sû-lå)
Venetian (ve-nê’-shån)Venice (ven’-is)Ventidius (ven-tid’-i-us)Verona (vâ-rô’-nå)Vicentio (vê-sen’-shi-ô)
Sweet are the uses of adversity,Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
As You Like It—II. 1.
That, Sir, which serves and seeks for gain,And follows but for form,Will pack, when it begins to rain,And leave thee in the storm.
King Lear—II. 4.
Ah! when the means are gone, that buy this praise,The breath is gone whereof this praise is made:Feast won—fast lost; one cloud of winter showers,These flies are couched.
Timon of Athens—II. 2.