spirant

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Later, as Latin did not use for the consonant written as v in vis, &c. , was dropped and received a new special value in Latin as representative of the unvoiced labio-dental spirant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Quam tacitæ spirant auræ! vultusque nitentes Contristant veneres, collachrimantque suæ!

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)

That the spirant J was in all cases pronounced as Y there is scarcely room for doubt.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

The Sco. garth has changed the original voiced spirant to a voiceless one.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias