[Fiji Hill]

Does anyone know how the slogan Deo vindice would have been pronounced by Southrons circa 1861? Particularly the second word: "windy-kay" or "vin-di-chay" or "vin-di-see"? Or two syllables: "vin" and "dice" (as in the English word)?

My guess would be "windy-kay." In those days, Latin was far more prevalent in the schools, and the classical pronunciation would probably have been used.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think that in the 19th century in England, they had a weird pronounciation of Latin that was neither the attempt to reproduce the way Latin was pronounced in Cicero's day nor the Italian pronunciation used by the Catholic Church. I don't know if the same system was in use in the US.

There are some classical scholars who have made tapes of readings in Latin and Greek that they believe to be even closer to the original pronunciation than other scholars have used. There is a Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature. I'm not sure if there are any online readings that can be listened to for free. Robert P. Sonkowsky of the University of Minnesota and Stephen G. Daitz of the City University of New York are among those who do these readings.