What's up with the pronunciation of that form?
I've found it given as ei (diphthong), eī (I suppose that would be two syllables?) and even ēī in Plautus and Terence (I suspect that was perhaps actually ejjī?).
What was the more usual classical pronunciation? Do we even know? Verse evidence seems pretty scarce.
I've found it given as ei (diphthong), eī (I suppose that would be two syllables?) and even ēī in Plautus and Terence (I suspect that was perhaps actually ejjī?).
What was the more usual classical pronunciation? Do we even know? Verse evidence seems pretty scarce.