Geminatio vocalium

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Etymology

Latin geminatio vocalium “doubling of vowels;” geminatio “doubling, gemination” + vocalis “vowel.”

Noun

geminatio vocalium (uncountable)

1. (epigraphy) The process of indicating that a vowel is pronounced long by writing it twice, especially as was sometimes done in Latin due to influence from Oscan.

   The least-used method is geminatio vocalium, as in Oscan and (occasionally) Umbrian: paastores. —Sihler.