How to Say Caesar - Lisbd-Net. Com

How do you really pronounce Caesar?

In English, Caesar is pronounced with a soft C, as many, if not all English dictionaries, such as Dictionary.com, put the pronunciation as [see-zer]. In Latin, Caesar is pronounced similar to the German word Kaiser, though in my experience with Latin, Caesar is pronounced as [kai-zar]. In English, it’s Seezer.

Why is Caesar pronounced the way it is?

The name Caesar probably originated in Italy from a dialect of Latium which did not share the rhotacism of the Roman dialect. (That is, the s between vowels did not change to r.) … The leading vowels in each part of the name are long, and in Classical Latin, the whole name was pronounced [ˈɡajjʊs ˈjuːlɪ.

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