in the Composition of Nouns and Adjectives. 87 
that it never means very large, as asserted by AuLus GELLIUvs. 
The only words (with the exception of those already examined) 
which he quotes as exemplifying the intensive form of ve, 
are vehemens, vetus, and vegrandis. But vehemens has the ve 
short, and is derived from the verb veho, not compounded of ve, 
aspirated into vehe, and mens, mind. In vetus, he is still more 
unfortunate; for, had. it been compounded of ve and @tas, no 
power could ever have shortened the penult. In reality, ve- 
tus is immediately formed from the Greek ¢zo; (a year), which, in 
Homer, has always the digamma, Feros. ‘The Saxon expression, 
“ of yore,” corresponds in meaning with the Latin vetus. The 
only remaining word for which the intensive force of ve is claimed, 
is vegrandis. For such usage two lines were adduced ; the first 
from Lucixrius, and to which GELLIUs refers. It is still to be 
found in the first book of Nonrvs, n. § 34. 
“* Non idcirco extollitur nec vite vegrandi datur.” 
But it is to be remarked, that Nonrus having probably found a 
better edition of Lucii1vs, quotes the same line in the follow- 
ing manner, 
“ Non idcirco extollitur vel ira vel gaudii dator.” 
The other example was supposed to exist in Persrus, 
“ Ut ramale vetus, vegrandi subere coctum.” 
But more manuscripts were found to have pregrandi, not ve- 
grandi: hence it has long ago disappeared. » 
Hence, my induction is complete, that ve never has an in- 
tensive power, but has always the signification either of the ad- 
verb parum, as in vesanus, or of the adjective parvus, as in vesti- 
gium. 
