_rattle_; _pp_ as in _hop-pole_, not as in _upper_. Examples,
«mĭt´-tō», «Ăp´pĭ-ŭs», «bĕl´-lŭm.»


SYLLABLES

«8.» A Latin word has as many syllables as it has vowels and diphthongs.
Thus «aes-tā´-tĕ» has three syllables, «au-dĭ-ĕn´-dŭs» has four.

_a._ Two vowels with a consonant between them never make one
syllable, as is so often the case in English. Compare English
_inside_ with Latin īn-sī´-dĕ.

«9.» Words are divided into syllables as follows:

1. A single consonant between two vowels goes with the second. Thus
«ă-mā´-bĭ-lĭs», «mĕ-mŏ´-rĭ-ă», «ĭn-tĕ´-rĕ-ā», «ă´-bĕst»,
«pĕ-rē´-gĭt».[3]

[Footnote 3: In writing and printing it is customary to divide
the parts of a compound, as «inter-eā», «ab-est», «sub-āctus»,
«per-ēgit», contrary to the correct phonetic rule.]

2. Combinations of two or more consonants:

_a._ A consonant followed by _l_ or _r_ goes with the _l_ or _r_.
Thus «pū´-blĭ-cŭs», «ă´-grī».

EXCEPTION. Prepositional compounds of this nature, as also _ll_ and
_rr_, follow rule _b_. Thus «ăb´-lŭ-ō», «ăb-rŭm´-pō», «ĭl´-lĕ»,