QUANTITY. 



.md the compounds of quo ; as quomodo, quocunquc, 

 quominus, quocirca, quuvis, and qiioquc the adjeftive ; 

 but quoque, the particle, has the u fhort. 

 Mendol'a eft natura, aiioqui retfta, velut ii. llor. 



3. Thofe words which in Greek are written with an 

 u-mega, have the long ; as geomctria, geographia, 

 minotaurus, lagopus. 

 Si mcusruiritiigaudet Ingopode Flncciis. Mart. 



i8. U and Y terminating the firft member of a compound 

 word, are (hort ; aj in Tlirasybulus, Eurypylu5, Polypus, 

 dUcenti, dilpondium, quadnlpes, centfiplcx, TrojQgena, 

 cornilpeta, Polydorus, Polyphemus, &c. 



Nam fuit hoc vitiofus ; in horu faspe dtlcciUos — Hor. 



Nam qualis quantui'que cavo Polj/phcvms inamro. Virg. 



Except judico, which in its lirft fyllablc is, by fyncope, 

 long. 



Et fapit, et mecum f.xit, ct io\e judical, aquo. 



Hor. 



Of the frjl Syllable of Dl/fyllabtc Preterites. 



19. Preterites of two fyllables have the firft long; as 

 veni, vidi, vici. 



f^enit fumma dies, et ineluflabile tempus. Virg. 



Except bibi, tiili, dedi, Iteti, ftiti, fcidi from fcindo, 

 (for abfcTdi is long from abfcido, and abfcidi (hort 

 from abfcindo,) fidi from tindo, (for fidi and confidi 

 from fido are long.) 



Aut fcldit, et medias fecit (il)i littora terras. Lucan. 



Of the twofrjl Syllables of Reduplicated Preterites. 



20. Preterites doubling their firft fyUable, have that fyl- 

 lable and the following both fhort ; as tetigi, pepuH, peperi, 

 dldici, tutiidi, cecidi from cado. 



Si memtni fiierant tibi quatuor, /Elia, dentes. Mart. 



Littora, quae cornu pSpulit Saturnus equiiio. Val. Flac. 



Except cecTdi from caedo has the fecond fyllable 

 long ; and likewife thofe preterites, in which that fyl- 

 lable is followed by two confonants ; as fefelli, mo- 

 m5rdi, fpopondi. 



Ebrius et petulans, qui nullum forte ccctdit. Juven. 



V axamfpopondlt : nulla propter me f.irro. Senec. 



Qus Deu'i ipfe viris intermina fortibus /pipondit. Prud. 



2\/ote. — From the authorities here quoted, it is evident thitfp'opondi 

 is the claffic orthography, noljjynf/wndi, which would have the tirft 

 fyllable long by pofition, before sp, as we may invariably obferve 

 in compound words; as refpuo, refpicio, rcfpondeo, refpiro, re- 

 fpergo, &c. 



OfthefrJ Syllable of Dify liable Supines. 



21. Supines of two fyllables, and the perfeft participle 

 formed from tliem, have the firft fyllable long ; as vTfum, 

 tnQtum, efum, fietum, vllus, motus, &c. 



Terrihiies vlju forms, letumque, laborque. Virg. 



Quos ego — fed nio/05 praftat componere fluiftus. Virg. 



1. Except the firft fyllable is fhort in datum, rStum, 

 fatum, itum, litum, quUum, situm, riituni, and fiitum, 

 from the obfolete fuo, whence we have fiiturus. 



Cui diitus hjerebam cuftos, curfufque regebam. Virg. 



2. Citum from cieo of the fecond conjugation has 

 the i (hort ; but citum from cio of the fourth conjuga- 

 tion has it long. 



Corripuit fefe, et teflis citus e.'ttulit altis. Virg. 



Unde ruunt toto cO'iclta periculu mundo. Lucan. 



3. Statum is common : hence we find ftatunis, 

 conftaturus, obftaturus, ftamen, ttatus-a-um, ftatus-us, 



Vol. XXIX. 



praeflituni. Ratio, ftatuo, ftabllis, ftabulum,ftator, ftatim, 

 &c. : the former of which are faid to come from fto, the 

 latter from fifto. 



H\c Jfutus iti <-a?lo multos pcrmanfit in'annos. Ovid. 



Uamnavit multoy^a/u/-«m fanguine Marteni. Mart. 



lujntor imperii, caupo fainofus lionorum. Claud. 



Noll prtijldta fibi pracftat natura fed uuus. Prop. 



(,'unjtiiinra fuit Megalenlis purpura centum. Mart. 



Of thejirjl Syllable of Polyfyllabic Preterites and Supines. 



22. Preterites and fupines of more than two fyllables 

 have the fame quantity in their firft fyllable as the prefent; 

 thus vocavi and vocatum have the tirft Ihort, bccaufe the firft, 

 of voco is (hort : clamavi and clamatuni have the firft long, 

 becaufe the firft of clamo is long. 



Si v"'Cai ofiicium turba cedente vehetur. .Juven. 



liiduit, implevitque mero, divofque viirar/f. Virg. 



Except pofui, pofitum from pono ; genui, genitum 

 from glgno ; potui from polfum ; folutum, volutum 

 from folvo and volvo. 



S^cula } qui tanti talem gciiucrc pareiites. 



Vlrs. 



Of the Penultimate of Polyfyllabic Supines. 



23. Supines of more than two fyllables, in atum, elum, 

 and iltum, lengthen the laft fyllable but one ; as amatuin, 

 dtletum, minutum. 



24. Supines in itum, from preterites in ivi, alfo have the 

 penultimate long ; as cupivi, cupTtum ; petivi, petitum ; 

 quassTvi, quxsTtum ; polivi, politum; but the compounds 

 of CO, ambio excepted, have the penultimate fhort. 



25. Supines in itum, from any other preterites, fhorten the 

 penultimate ; as cubui, cubitum ; monui, monitum ; abolevi, 

 obolitum ; agnovi, agnitum ; credidi, creditum : recensltum 

 of recenfeo is long, on account of its origin from the ob- 

 folete cenfio, cenfivi. 



Namque ferunt luiftu Cycnum Pliaethontis nmati. Virg. 



Ddetas Volfcorum aeies, cecidifTe Camillam. Virg. 



Suftulit exutas vinclis ad fidera palmas. Virg. 



Sspe lacessitus probris, gladiifque petitus. Claud. 



Cedamus Phtebo, et moniti meliora fequamur. Virg. 



Prifca 7-t'CCKSE(/5 evolvite fscula faftis. Claud. 



Of the Penultimate of Participles in RUS. 



26. Participles in rus always lengthen the laft fyllable but 

 one ; as amatiirus, habitiirus, leAiirus, auditurus. 



Tarda venit, feris faSlura nepotibus umbram. Virg. 



Increment of Nouns. 



Note. — I. If the genitive cafe fingular do not contain a greater number 

 of fyllables than the nominative, that noun has no incremeiit, as 

 jienna, penns, caro, carnis. But if the genitive contains more 

 fyllables than the nominative, the penultimate of the genitive is the 

 increment ; and whether that fyllable be long or fhort, it preterves 

 the fame quantity in all the oblique cafes fingular and plural. If 

 bCibus or bubus be an exception, we fliould recollefl, it is fo by fyn- 

 cope and cralis from bovibus. Aufonius, contrary to the praftice of 

 better autiiors, has an example of bobus ihort, as if it had been 

 formed by (imple fyncope without crafis. See Aufon. Epig. 62. 



2. Nouns feldom have more than one increafe in the fingular: iter, 

 jecur, (when its genitive isjecinoris,) fiipellex, and the compounds 

 of caput, ending in ;m, have two increments. The dative and ab- 

 lative of the third declenfion have two ; of the aforementioned 

 words, three increments. They are reckoned in the retrograde 

 order, beginning with the penultimate, for the laft fyllable is never 

 confidered as an increment. 



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i-ti-ne-ris, i-ti-ne-ri-bus. 



je-ci-no-ris, je-ci-no-ri-bus. 



fupel-lec-ti-lis, fupel-lec-ti-li-bus. 



an-ci-pi-tis, an-ci-pi-ti-bus. 



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