Pronunciation of Lathraea squamaria?

Just wondering if anyone can help with the pronunciation of Lathraea squamaria as normally I use my little pocket dictionary of plant names but it appears to have let me down
also can anyone recommend a more substantial book for pronunciation help?

 

If my latin memory serves me correctly (why would it? It never has before, )what you have there is a dipthong-ae - Pronounced as the y in the English 'try'.

 

Hi there ...

You know, we will always disagree on how we pronounce things and a lot of this comes down to whether you know Latin or not ... or Latin-based languages. I was brought up Catholic and spoke French when I was young and now Portuguese and as a result understand some Spanish and Italian.

Personally I would say Lath-ree-uh skaw-maria ... but that is probably entirely incorrect ....

Perhaps this will be of use to you ....

http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/pron.htm

 

Thanks for the link Lady Of Leisure but I think that site is more useful to someone with a north American accent as some of the examples for pronunciation are a little confusing:confsd:

 

Some examples from my latin dictionary.
Aetna = Etna (the volcano)
Aether = Ether (upper air)
Aeterno = Eternal
Daedalus = (he who built the labyrinth in Crete and flew (almost) with his son Icarus.)

The jury is still out regarding pronounciation!

 

It is guesswork with Latin-because it`s a dead language. I presume there are no Catholic priests in the audience.

 

Bless you Claire,the bright one!

Latin like ancient Greek may have faded a bit, but the shades of them live on in our language which is why our language is so darn good.:thmb:

 

Lath-rae-a squam-aria, perhaps this link will help with some pronunciations,
http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pguide/pronunciation-guide-to-botanical-latin.aspx