A last change is the loss of aspirate, which may have begun as soon as the late 1st century BC in Egyptian Greek. From LearnThat.org. [wapedia.mobi/en/Koine_Greek_phonology]
aspirate the wound. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This effect is produced by the frequent repetition of a guttural aspirate which is like the sound of the. From Wordnik.com. [Holland, v. 1 (of 2)] Reference
I was hoping to see him aspirate on his own spittle. From Wordnik.com. [Katha Pollitt on Feminists For Life] Reference
= The manuscripts omit the aspirate, and Ehwald cites. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
Lavage with normal saline and aspirate with a syringe. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
If they aspirate water, on the other hand, not so much. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition] Reference
· If bone is struck, withdraw while continuing to aspirate. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Put your tongue on your palate, aspirate and round your lips?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. No] Reference
The aspirate is rarely misplaced, unless by a recent immigrant. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Do not aspirate the syringe, but collect the liquid in a bottle. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
My eyes fly open and I aspirate in the jawless equivalent of a scream. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mans War] Reference
And just discarding the Sanskrit aspirate as an odd irregularity is too easy. From Wordnik.com. [The trouble with the PIE 1st & 2nd person plural endings] Reference
Cicero confesses that he himself changed his practice in regard to the aspirate. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it] Reference
A rough mute is not doubled, nor can successive syllables begin with an aspirate. From Wordnik.com. [Greek in a Nutshell] Reference
I said that I thought the distinction was perceptible to a fine ear for the aspirate. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919] Reference
The misuse of the aspirate is, indeed, a peculiar part of the birthright of an Englishman. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
In the epigram above referred to Catullus thus satirizes the excessive use of the aspirate. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it] Reference
The teacher, holding up the hand of the pupil, makes the aspirate by breathing upon his palm. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
It becomes ep- before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-01] Reference
Funnily enough, whether or not to aspirate h is a grey area in some English words (e.g. historic). From Wordnik.com. [Apostrophes in business names and place names] Reference
The restricted occurence of 'h' you note seems slightly odd when aspirate stops occur freely everywhere!. From Wordnik.com. [Rhaetic inscriptions Schum PU 1 and Schum CE 1] Reference
But innovation has been at work even here, for the majority of Her Majesty's subjects aspirate the letter. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
February 10, 2008 at 5:23 pm one can aspirate food…but one can also aspire to be something they are not. From Wordnik.com. [Agnostic kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Effect of inhaled nitric oxide in premature infants on tracheal aspirate and plasma nitric oxide metabolites. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Neonatal Research Publications] Reference
This is more correct than our way of talking of nine mutes, since the aspirate consonants are plainly not mute. From Wordnik.com. [Guide to Stoicism] Reference
These cowls are arranged so as to help aspirate the air from the tubes and chimneys, and prevent a down draught. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
You can also aspirate some liquids into the lungs, inhale it and that can cause pneumonia or problems breathing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009] Reference
"My biggest concern was that they would aspirate the wrapper or a whole Smarties and it would be a choking hazard.". From Wordnik.com. [Just Say No....to Smarties?] Reference
Patients like this can and often do aspirate food or liquids, which triggers pneumonia as well as other complications. From Wordnik.com. [Regarding The CAT Scan Of Terri Schiavo’s Brain] Reference
(In emptying itself the aspirator bottle will aspirate 10 litres of air slowly through the water in the Erlenmeyer flask.) 7. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
His landlady, who thought he had been impertinent in that unconscious matter of the aspirate, was not disposed to be friendly. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
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