The initial i- of iaculata (42) and syllable 2 of disiecit
is considered a consonant.
The combination -qu- is considered a single consonant, as in quippe
(39) and -que (42), and elsewhere.
-x- counts as a double consonant (as k + s), as in noxam (41).
-eu- in Teucrorum (38) is a diphthong.
verse 41—some difficulties:
—the Ai- of Aiacis is a dipthong, but the Oi- of Oilei
is not (depite previous reports).
—the final -ei of Oilei should be two sounds, but is in fact one.
The vowels are 'squeezed' into a single sound through a process called