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1. Gian Giorgio Trissino

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   | $\text{V}$ (pointed) | Consonantal /w/ | Denoted a 'sharpened entry' into the following vowel. |
   His reform was met with substantial resistance from older humanists who believed the introduction of 'new' letters constituted a weakening of Latin purity. Trissino countered by claiming that the ancient Romans possessed a secret, ceremonial way of pronouncing $\text{V}$ like $\text{U}$ when addressing statues of Jupiter Capitolinus, a theory for which no supporting archaeological evidence…