commento11… semiuocales sunt septem12 .… h autem aspirationis est magis nota13.
Ex his uocales dicuntur, quae per se uoces efficiunt et sine quibus uox literalis proferri non potest14 unde et nomen hoc praecipue sibi defendunt15.
P. 5a
Hae ergo quantum uincuntur1 a uocalibus, tantum superant mutas.
…in semiuocales, quae secundam habent euphoniam2, disinunt, quam nos sonoritatem3 possumus dicere…‘Semiuocales’ autem sunt appellatae4, quia plenam uocem non habent, ut ‘semideos’ et ‘semiuiros’ appellamus, non qui demediam {uel dimidiam} partem habent deorum uel uirorum, sed qui pleni dii uel uiri non sunt5.
Reliquae sunt mutae … Et sunt qui non bene hoc nomen putant eas accipere … Qui nesciunt6, quod ad comparationem bene sonantium ita sint nominatae, uelut ‘informis’7 dicitur mulier non quae caret forma, sed quae est male formata, et sic ‘frigidum’ dicimus eum, qui non penitus expers est caloris8 sed qui minimo hoc utitur {uel cocitur}.
Vocales apud Latinos sunt omnes ancipites9 uel liquidae10, hoc est quae facile modo produci modo corripi possunt, sicut etiam apud antiquissimos Graecorum erant ante inuentionem η et ω11, quibus
11: .i. hisintráctad12: ithé se innabriathra13: .i. is airi nistabur la ·k ⁊ q14: .i. rann insce níturgabar ade didiu ⁊ ni rograigther[1] cen guttai15: .i. adsuidet
P. 5a
1. semiuocales .i. noch is méit fornúaislichter són2: .i. inbindius tánaise indegaid ṅguttae ·3: .i. bindius4: .i. Ni arindí bed leth ṅgotho nobed indib sem ar is huilliu · sed quia plenam uocem non habent sicut uocales · ⏑[2]5: .i. trethesbaid naich baill dind deilb ·6: .i. hit hé dodmainetar insin indí qui reliqua7: .i. michruthaigthe8: .i. intesa9: .i. eter fot ⁊ gair10: ꝉ liquidae .i. hit lechdacha lesom in tan nádtechtat acht oin aimsir · is follus asin tra nand ainmm ⁊ nand cumachte legas dolechdagaib acht is aimmserad namma · ⏑11: .i. renairec éta ⁊ ω
12. these are the words (of Servius).13. i.e. therefore I do not place it with k and q.14. i.e. a part of speech; this then is not produced, nor can it be pronounced without vowels.15. i.e. they keep.
P. 5a
1. that is, as far as they are surpassed.2. i.e. the euphony (which comes) next after (that of the) vowels.4. i.e. not that there is (only) half of a voice in them, for it is more.5. i.e. through the want of some member to the image[3].6. i.e. it is they who think that, those who, etc.8. i.e. of the heat.9. i.e. both length and shortness.10. i.e. he deems them liquids when they have only one time. Hence then it is clear that it is not the name and it is not the power which produces liquidity to liquids, but it is temporality only.11. i.e. before the invention of η and ω.
