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Unfortunately I'm not on my home computer so don't have my enormous namelist to hand, but here's a few favourites off the top of my head:

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Adiuva - to help
Adoranda - she who is adored
Aenea - bronze
Aurifer - bearer of gold (I always imagine a kid with golden hair)
Carissima - most beloved
Clarissima - most clear, most bright
Felicissima - most fortunate
Fortunata - lucky
Illuminata - illuminated, enlightened (a name of Mary)
Imbris - of the rain (genitive case of imber)
Luceo - to shine

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Heh. Like I said, there are others on the list, but those are the ones I can bring to mind now.

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Now, pronunciation - I did two units of Latin last year at uni, so most of the rules are still fresh in my head. You're welcome to PM me for more, but I might take a few days to reply as my Internet access is very patchy at the moment - sorry.

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Scio = SKEE-oh. C in Latin is always hard and I is usually short.

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Spero is trickier. In my (English) accent the vowel is somewhere between EH and AIR, not the A of 'sparrow'. As a guide, EH is the vowel I hear/say in 'merry', AIR in 'Mary' and A in 'marry'. You may well pronounce some or all of those the same way :)

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Hope that helps!

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edited to correct markup fail

This message was edited 7/9/2009, 3:22 AM