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Long i


Long i, ⟨ꟾ⟩, transcribes a long i-vowel /iː/ in Latin. It stands in for the apex used on other the long vowels: ⟨á é ó v́/aː eː oː uː/. An example is lv́ci·a·fili, which in modern rendition would be lūciī a filiī, with a macron rather than apex to indicate vowel length.


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