QUANTITY. 



2. Re is fliort ; as remitto, repello, refero. But re 

 (which here is fuppolcd to be the ablative of res) is 

 long ill the iniperfonal verb refert, it concerns. 



Propellit Boreas; alius et unda rcfirt. Ovid. 



Prseterea nee jam inuuri pabula rcfirt. Virg. 



13. Pro, when ufed as a Greek prepofition for ante, 

 is fhort ; as propheta, prologus, propontis : but pro, a 

 Latin prepofition, is generally long ; as prodo, proveho, 

 promitto. 



Mifit in has fiqvios longa Pripontis aq\ia5. Ovid. 



Qvia tarn fella dies, ut cefltt proderi: fiirem. Juv. 



Except profundus, profugio, profugus, pronepos, 

 proneptis, profeftus, profari, profiteor, profanus, pro- 

 fefto, procella, protervus, and propago, fignifying 

 lineage ; but propago, fignifying a vine-ftock, is 

 long. 



iVo(e. — Not.vithllandingfuch diftinaioiis, propago, whofe figiiificatiori 

 is always radically the fame, may be confidered among the doubt- 

 fiils ; to wiiich tlafs procunibo is likewife added by Ibme. But 

 when the rematkaljle irregularity of ;n-o is confidered, without the 

 flighted apparent reafon to determine wfi;/ it Ihould hejiiort in one 

 word, long in another, and common in a third, it feems mod pro- 

 bable, that it was in reality every where common, and that we 

 (hould, doubtlefs, find it fo,' had we enough of the ancient poetry 

 extant. The word being evidently borrowed from the Greek, in 

 which it was written with an 0-nucron, we might for that reafon 

 expert to find it invariably Ihort ; but the Latin final being iii 

 other cafes more generally long, we might, on this aerount, as na- 

 turally expetl tofindjTO ufunlly made long, by thofe at lead who 

 were unacquainted with Greek. The poets feem to have availed 

 themfelves of this convenient ambiguity by makiiig pro Jong or (hort, 

 as proved mod fuitable to tlieir purpofe. 



Of thejinal Vowels of frjl Words in Compofu'ton. 



14. If the firft member of a Latin compound word end in 

 A, that vowel is long ; as trado, trano, quare, quapropter, 

 quatenus ; but in Greek compounds the A is fometimes 

 fliort J as adipfos, fonjetimes long, as Neapolis. 



Quare agite 6 proprios genentim difcite ctiltus. Virg. 



Extinguitque fitim porno, cui nomcn Mi/ifos. Prif. 



Ambarum medio procera Neapolis arceni. Avicnus, 



Except eadem, unlefs it be the ablative, 



Non cixdem arboribus pendet vindemia noflris. Virg. 



15. If the firft member of a compound word teraiinate in 

 e, that vowel is (hort ; as in the firft fyllables of nefas, 

 nefandus, ngque, trfidecim, trecenti ; in the fecond of vale- 

 dico, madefacio, ftupefacio, trem«facio ; and in the third of 



hujufcSmodi, ejufcemodi, 



Credebant hoe grande nifai, et morte plandum. Jtiven. 



Except I. Tie E is long in words compounded of 

 fe for fex or for femii as fedecim, femeftris, ferjiodius ; 

 (but in felibra it is ftiort.) 



Sentihominis Cari fades, quam dira tegebat. Virg. 



Argentl libram mittebas ; fafta sStibrii eft. Mart. 



3. It is long alfo in nequis, nequicquam, nSquam, 

 nequitia, nequando, videlicet, and veneficus, 



Nequicquem feros exeicet noftua eaniu:!. Virg. 



3. Liquefacio, tepefacio, and patefacio, liave the 

 e of the fecond fyU.^ble chiefly fhort, though fome- 

 times long ; rarefacio and raifefio have the e generally 

 bng. 



Sic mea perpetuls liqiiSjiunt pe£lora curis. Ovid. 



Tibe liquZfaClis, tendens ad fidera palmas, Ovid. 



Et rarefccit calido miiecnte vapore. Lticret. 



Intremuit, m^tuque linus;)a2?/eci< aquarum. Ovid. 



Atque pstefccit, quas ante obfederat ater — I-ucret. 



i^Qtg, — VoffiuB obfetves tji«t Virgil Ihortens the e in fuch words, and 



that Lucretius and Catullus lengthen it, the former wiiliout carfura. 

 Indeed it is probable that in thel'e words it was generally confidered 

 common. 



16. If the firft member of a compound word terminate 

 in i, that vowel is (hort ; as biviurn, trivium, triceps, siquidem, 

 fatidicus, agricola, vatTciriiuni, fignlfioo, architectus, dime- 

 ter, trimeter, Iphigenia, &c. 



Jane Imeps! anni lacite labcntis origo. Ovid. 



1 . Except thofe compounds in which the i is changed 

 in declining ; as quidam, quTvis, quilibet, quantlvis, 

 quantlcunque, tantldem, uniculque, eidtm, relpublicx, 

 quallqunque. 



Jure mihi invideat qu'm's, iu te quoque amicum. Hor. 



2. The final i is long in thofe compounds which may 

 be feparated without deftroying the feiife ; as ludl- 

 magirter, or ludl magifter ; parvipeudo, or parvl pcndo ; 

 luctTfacio, or lucrl facio ; siquis, or sT quia. 



3. Thofe woruo which in loining undergo a cnfis or 

 fyncope, are long ; astiblcan for tibiicen ; bigs, tngx, 

 &c. for bijiigje, tniugK, Sec; Ilicet for Ire licet; 

 fcTlicct for fcire licet ; but tubic-n, which has fuffered 

 neither, is fliort by the general rule. 



Ilicel ignis edax fumma ad failigia vento. Vir^. 



4. Idem mafculi:.i- is long ; but in the neuter, it is 

 (hort. Ideiiti4i'm has the penultimate (hort. 



Omr.iij'is idtm animus, IceUrata excedere terra. Virg. 



Invitum qui ftrvat, idrm facit occidenti. Hor. 



Qui fedens advcrfus identldc-m te. Catul. 



5. The final / of the foraier compounding word, is 

 long in mmirum, ublque, utroblque, ibidem. 



Dixi equidem et dico. Captes adutus ublque. Hor. 



6. As the I is common in ubi ; fo it is in ubicunque 

 and ubivis. 



Clamat : io mattes audite ub'icunque Latins. 

 Server, nbicunque ed : uni mea grudia fervo ? - 



Virg. 

 Ovid. 



7. The compounds of dies have the final i of the firfi 

 word long ; as biduum, triduum, meridies, pridie, pof- 

 trldie. 

 Si folus tibi trlduo legatur. Mart. 



Note. — I. Pridie ar.J podridie are long by exception 3, being priori 

 die, and podcriori die. 



2. Quotidie and quotidianus are f.id to have the i fometimes diorr ; 

 but this is not fatisfattorily afcertained, fince the lines, adduced in 

 proof may, by the figure synizefis, be differently meafured ; thus 



Conjugis in culpa flagravit quolttdlana.* Catul. 



* OrquC'ttid-yS-Ba. It mud be confeded, however^ that thus read 

 the line is harih, and is unnecefSrily rendered fpondaie. 



3. Triginta, trigefimus, tricefimus, and triceni, are not confidered as 

 compound words, in which the tri is diort, as it is in all the real 

 compounds of trh, f/:. triceps, triplex, triformis, tricufpls, tri- 

 centies, &o. &c, for triginta cannot with propriety be called xcom- 

 pound word, fince g/nta is only a termination. At all events the 

 ?)■;■ in triginta, ic. is ever long. 



17. If the firft member of a compound word terminate 

 in 0, it is (hort ; as Argonauta, Arftophylax, areopagus, 

 bibliotheca, philofophus, facrofantSlus, duodecim, hodie. 



Non nautas puto vos, kd Argonautas. Mart. 



Non dices hodie, quorfum hsec tarn putida tandem— Hor. 



1. Except words compounded with intro, retro, con- 

 tra, and quando ; as introduco, intromitto, retrocedo, 

 controverfus, quandoque, &c. ; but quandoquidem has 

 the fliort. 



Ipfe nVroyj^r/i^? fqualentia protulit ora. Ovid, 



2. Alfo alioquin, utroque, caeteroquin, utrobique; 



and 



