QUANTITY. 



Of the Increments of the Singular Number, 

 Of the firjl, fecond, fourth, and fifth Declenfwns. 



27. In the firft, fourth, and fifth declenfions, there is no ^_ ,__..„ _,. _ ^._ .... ^ .^ _ ,„ 



increment in the fingular ; except the antique mcrement ot increment of nouns ending in ON. Many lengthen the gen 



thefirlldeclenfionjb'ythe refolution ofthediphtliong <s into tive penultimate ; as Chiron, Demiphon, Agon, Helico: 

 ai, in which the a is long ; as 



39. Nouns in EN fliorten the genitive penultimate ; 

 crimen-inls, flumen-inis. 



Quodque m:igis mirum eft, au(?^orem crimmis hujus — Mart. 



40. No certain rule can be given for the quantity of tl 



Dives c-quilm, dives ;)/aii veflis et auii. Virg. 



28. The increments of the fecond declenfion are (hort : as 

 pueri, viri, fatiiri, teneri. 



Opueri ! ne tania animi.'i afluefdic bella. Virg. 



Except Iber, Iberi, and its compounds Celtiber, Cel- 

 tiberi, which lengthen the penultimate ; as 

 Quique feros movlt Senorius cxul /6eros. Lucan. 



Vir CeltibSris iion ucende geiitibus. Man. 



Increments of the third Declenfion. 



29. Nouns in A (horten the genitive penultimate ; as 

 dogma-atis. 



Non quivis vldet immodulata poewuta judex. Hor. 



30. Nouns in I, compounds of meli, fliorten the genitive 

 penultimate; ashydromeli, hydromelitis. 



3 1 . Nouns in O, increafing in inis, fliorten the genitive pe- 

 nultimate ; as cardo, cardinis ; imago, imaginis. 



32. Enisandonis, from 0, are long; as anio, anienis ; 

 fermo, fermonis. 



1. Except gentiles in generally fliorten the incre- 

 ment ; as Macedo, Macedonis ; Saxo, Sax6n:s. To 

 which add Lingones, Seuones, Teutones, Vangiones, 

 Vafcones. Some lengthen the penultimate; as Su- 

 effiones, Vettones, Burgundiones, Eburones. Juvenal 

 ftiortens Britones ; Martial lengthens it. 



2. Nouns in on, from the Greek iit, which feme- 

 times drop the n, preferve in Latin the fame quantity 

 which they have in the original ; as Agamemnon or 

 Agamemno, Aganicmnonis ; Demiphon or Demipho, 

 Demiphonis. 



Sanguine plaraftis ventos, et fiVgme casfa. Virg. , 



Hac turn mukipliii populosy^rmuKC replchat. Virg. 



Nun longinquadocentdomito quod Saivnc Teibys. Claud. 



Qua nee terribilesCiiibri, ner Briiones unqoaai — Juveii. 



Quani veteres brat-cae Britones pauperis et quam — Mart. 



Quo ferusiiijufto petitt J^amemnina ferro- — Ovid. 



33. Nouns in EC lengthen the genitive penultimate ; as 

 halec-ecis. 



Haleccm fed quam protinus ipfa voret. Mart. 



34. Nouns in D fliorten the genitive penultimate ; as 

 David, Daviidis. 



EreiSo indulgel Davidis oiigine lumen. Juven. 



2\[ote. — Ecclefiadical writers often lengthen tlie penultimate ot" 

 David. 



35. Mafculines in AL fliorten the genitive penultimate ; 

 as Hannibal-alis ; fal-falis (mafculine or neuter). 



36. Neuters in AL lengthen alis ; as animal-alis. 



Vela dabant Ijeti, et fpumas siili's aere ruebant. Virg. 



Pronaque cum fpeclent aniniaUa catera terram. Ovid. 



37. SOL lengthens solis : and alfo Hebrew nouns in EL 

 lengthen the genitive penultimate ; as Daniel-elis. 



Regia iolii erat fublimibus alta columnis. Ovid. 



38. All other nouns in L fliorten the genitive increment ; 

 as vigil-ilis, conful-tilis, exul-tllis. 



Aut urfum, aut pugiUs, his n»nn plcbecula gaudet. Kor. 



penultimate ; as Utiiron, JJemiphon, Agon 

 Lacon, Sicyon, Solon, Simon : many fliorten it ; as Actacon, 

 Agamemnon, Amazon, Jafon, Memnon, Philaemon, Orion, 

 Sidon, Sindon : and JEgxan has the penultimate common. 



(Vedit, et excludlt fanos Hcliconc pogr.3s. Hor. 



Et veint abfenteni certatim Adieina clamant. Ovid. 



Audifirat duro^ laxantem yE^ceina nexus. Stat. 



j^gfeona fuls immania tcrga lacertis. Ovid. 



41. All other nouns in N lengthen the genitive penulti- 

 mate ; thus Titan-anis, Siren-enis, delphin-Tnis, Phorcyn- 

 ynis. 



Concitat iratus validoi TiUmcjK in arm--. Ovid, 



Orpheus in fylvis, inter dctphlnns Aiion 



Virg. 



42. Neuter nouns in A R lengthen the genitive in Iris; 

 as calcar-aris. 



Seu fpumantis equi foderet calcaribus armos. Virg. 



But thefe neuters fliorten aris ; bacchar, jubar, 

 neftar-aris. To which add par-paris, and its com- 

 pounds ; as impar-imparis ; difpar-difparis, &c. ; alfo 

 hepar-atis. 



Pugnavereyjureo; fuccubuere/m/-e5. Mart. 



43. But mafculine nouns in AR fliorten aris ; as Caefar- 

 aris, Hamilcar-aris, lar-laris. 



Ecce Dionsci proeeiTit Cecsun's aftruin. Virg. 



Except Car and Nar ; as, 



Laudibus immodlcis Cares in aftra ferant. Mart. 



.Sulfureas pofuit fpiramina J^dris ad undas. Enn. 



44. Greek nouns in TER lengthen the increment ; as 

 crater-eris, charafter-ens, fpinther-eris ; except aether-eris. 



Indulgent vino, et vertunt crattrai ahenos. Virg. 



QuRcumque ilia levem fvigiens fecat ret/tera pennis. Virg. 



45. Nouns in OR lengthen oris; as amor-oris ; timor- 

 oris. 



1. Except neuter nouns ; as marmor, a:quor-6ris. 



2. Greek nouns in OR ; as Heftor, rhetor-oris. 



3. Arbor-oris, and memor-memoris. 



4. Ador forms adoris or adoris, whence adoreus in 

 Virgil, Horace, and Claudian. 



Inter fpem curamque, tin/ores inter et iras. Hor. 



Pr^terea fuit in tectls de manuure lemplum. Virg. 



Ingemit et dulci frater cum Cajlire Pollux. Val. Flac. 



Finiet, ante gravem quae legerit arb^re folem — Hor. 



Mox ador, atque adhri's de polline pultificnm far. Auion. 



Emicat in nubes ardor adnris. Pril'. 



46. The following nouns lengthen the increment ; fur- 

 fiiris, ver-veris, Recimer-Recimeris, Byzer-Byzeris, Ser- 

 Seris, Iber-Iberis, (as well as Iber of the fecond declenfion.) 



Velleraque ut foliis depecSlant tenuis Seres. Virg. 



47. Other nouns in R, not mentioned, fliorten the penul- 

 timate ; as aer, aeris ; mulier, eris ; cadaver-eris ; iter, 

 itineris ; verber, verberis ; vultur, uris ; murmur, ilris ; fe- 

 mur, robur, jecur, ebur-oris ; martyr-yris. 



Virg. 



Virg. 



48. Latin nouns in AS lengthen the increment ; as pietas- 

 atis ; Mscenas-atis ; vas, vafis, a vefiel. 



Virg. 



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Si nigrum obfcuro comprt-ndcrit iiera comu. 

 Afpice, ventofi oeciderumwiitnKiir/saurs. 



Infignem pieiatc viruin tot adire kboresi 



Except 



