----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> <I know the Latin <words and the German expression but how to pronounce a Latin word in <English - like hypocaustum and praefurnium. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >From an old English dictionary: 1) HIP (as in ship, lip, sip, rip) UH COST'M (as in lost) or can be HYPE (as in pipe, ripe): space under the floor in ancient Roman bldgs. into which hot air was piped .. to warm the rooms. 2) PREE (as in tree) FURN (as in fern, burn) IUM - my guess; can't find this one. The heat source, maybe? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <the Public Library at Dansville, NY, >about an hour south of Rochester, NC, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'm guessing you mean New York?