What evidence is there for the classical pronunciation of zeta?

1. How was Zeta pronounced in Ancient Greek?
2. How was Z pronounced in Latin?
3. What is classical Roman pronunciation?
4. How do we know how do you pronounce classical Latin?

How was Zeta pronounced in Ancient Greek?

The sound represented by zeta in Greek before 400 BC is disputed. See Ancient Greek phonology and Pronunciation of Ancient Greek in teaching. Most handbooks agree on attributing to it the pronunciation /zd/ (like Mazda), but some scholars believe that it was an affricate /dz/ (like adze).

How was Z pronounced in Latin?

z is pronounced as though it were dz (as in English adze). th, ph, and ch, sounds which Latin borrowed from Greek, were probably pronounced as strong t, strong p, and guttural c, but it is acceptable to pronounce them as modern English th, ph, and k, respectively.

What is classical Roman pronunciation?

The pronunciation of the ancient Romans, called the classical pronunciation, was modified by Christians in the Middle Ages, when Latin became the language of the church and of the educated class. You may see this pronunciation referred to by a number of names: ecclesiastical, medieval, Church, Christian, or Italian.

How do we know how do you pronounce classical Latin?

Knowledge of how Latin was pronounced comes from Roman grammar books, common misspellings by Romans, transcriptions into other ancient languages, and from how pronunciation has evolved in derived Romance languages.