Erasmian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continental pronunciation \Continental pronunciation\ (of Latin
     and Greek.)
     A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels
     have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and
     Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in
     English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing


     Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English,
     pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation
     is often called {Erasmian}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Erasmian
       adj : of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus