QUANTITY. 



Except anas, anatis ; mas, maris ; and vas, vadis, a 

 Security. 

 Tyrtarufque mares animos in martia bella. Hor. 



49. Greek nouns in AS (horten adis, atis, and anis ; as 

 Pallas, lampas, adis ; artocreas, atis ; Meias, anis. 



I Hilar montis equum diviiu I'alladis nrte. Virg. 



50. Nouns in ES (horten the increment ; as miles, militis ; 

 feges, fegctis ; prifes, prxsidis ; obfes, obsidis ; Ceres, 

 Cereris ; pes, pedis. 



Metiri fe qucmqiie fuo modulii ac ;)«/<■, v rum ei\. Hor. 



Except locuples, quies, manfucs, etis ; hseres, mer- 

 ces, edis : alfo Greek nouns which have etis ; as 

 lebes, Thales, tapes, magnes, etis. 



Afcaniiim fnrgcntem, et Ipes hter-dJis luli. Virg, 



Viginti fulvus ojierofo er. are IcKtcs. Ovid. 



51. Nouns in IS fliorten the increment ; as lapis, Phyllis, 

 idi» ; cinis, eris ; fanguis, inis. 



Imraolat et poenara fcclerato ex fangmnc lumit. Virg. 



I . Except glis, gliris, and vires the plural of vis, 

 which lengthen the increment. 



.Soinniculofos iUc porrigil g/ircs. 



Sic fatus validis ingentcm viribus haftam — 



Mart. 

 Virg. 



2. Latin nouns which have itis, as dis, dltis ; lis, 

 litis ; Quiris, Samnis, Itis ; but Charis, a Greek 

 noun, has Charltis fhort. 



lufoqueris tameii liuiic, et !llc msraris iniqua. Hor. 



Tres fucrant Chantes, fed dum mea Leibia visit — Aufon. 



3. Crenis, Crenidis ; Nefis, Nesldis ; Pfophis, Pfo- 

 phldis, lengthen the penultimate ; but Pfophis (hortens 

 it once ni Statius. 



Svlvaique, quse lixam pelago AVsIda coronat. Stat, 



^.pytios idem arl>or agros, et PJ'upida celfam. Stat. 



Ul'qae fub Orchornenon, Pfophidaque Cyllenenque. Ovid. 



4. Greek nouns in is, which have alfo the termi- 

 nation in ; as Salamis, or Salamin-Inis. 



Tilniris umbra tui, Teitcer Satamliui paireiiiqup. Hor. 



52. Nouns m OS lengthen the mcrement ; as nepos, 

 Otis; ilos, floris; 03, oris ; cuflos, cuH:odis ; rhinoceros, Otis ; 

 Tros, ois ; heros, ois. 



Qui Iegit4sj?yre5, et humi nifcentia fraga. Virg. 



Egreffi optati pot'uintur TrSes areiiS. Virg. 



Except bos, bovis ; compos, impos, otis; which in- 

 creafe fhort. 



Pcrpetui tergo buvis, et lullralibus extis. Virg. 



53. Nouns in US (horten the increment ; as lepus, corpus, 

 oris ; vellus, eris ; tripus, odis. 



Ut canis in vatuo ttip^iTcm cum Gallicus nrvo. Ovid. 



1. Except thofe nouns which have udis, uris, or 

 ut'ts ; as incus, inciidis ; tellus, telliiris ; falus, falQtis. 

 But thcfe are (hort ; Ligiiris, from Ligur or Ligus ; 

 pecudis, from the obfolete pecus ; and intercutis, from 



, intercus. 



In medio : facri tripodes viridefque coronsc — Virg. 



Fas ct j«rre finunt : rivos deducere nulla — Virg. 



Non egote Ligiirum dui^tor fortiflime hello — Virg. 



2. Comparatives in us lengthen the genitive penul- 

 timate ; as melius, melioris. 



Perge, decet, forfan milcros melivra fequentur. Virg. 



54. Nouns in YS (horten tiie increment ydis and ydos, 

 and lengthens ynis ; as chlamys, ydis or y'lus ; Trachys, 

 ynis. 



In medio, cidnmpdc, ct pi^lis confpettus in armis. Virg. 

 HerculeS Trachi/ne jube, tub imagine regis. Ovid, 



55. Nouns in S, preceded by a confonant, (horten their 

 increment ; as coelebs, ibis ; (lips, ftipis ; Lailaps, apis ; 

 Cecrops, Dolops, opis ; auccps, cupis ; likms, cmis ; alfo 

 anceps, biceps, cTpTtis, and fimilar compounds of caput, in 

 which both increments are (hort. 



Ad matrcs prime aiic//)i(es, oculifque malignis — Virg. 

 Hie Dotopitm rnunus, hie la;vus tendebat Achilles. Virg. 



Except Cyclops, opis ; feps, fcpis ; gryps, yphis ; 

 Cecrops, opis ; plebs, plebis ; hydrops, opis ; and 

 genitives long by pofition ; as excors, cxcordis ; pars, 

 partis. 



Fortunam, et mores antiquse plebis, et idem — Hor. 



Antiphats memores immanfvietiquc Cycliijns. Ovid. 



56. Nouns in T (horten the penultimate of itis; as 

 caput, Itis ; finciput, fincipitis ; occiput, occipitis. 



Magna fuit quondam cap'ilis reverentia cani. Ovid. 



57. A noun in X (hortens the vowel before gis ; as har- 

 pax, agis; grex, gregis; aquilex, legis ; biturix, igis ; Styx, 

 ygis ; AUobrox, ogis ; conjux, iigis ; Phryx, ygis. 



Quinque grtges iUi balantum, quina redibant. Virg. 



Ad Styga Ta;nari^ ell aulus delcciidere porta. Ovid. 



Except lex, legis ; illex, exlex, legis ; rex, regis ; 

 coccyx, ygis ; maftix, Igis ; and friigis, from the ob- 

 folete frux. 



Omnia tub leges mors vocat atra iuas. Ovid. 



58. A noun in EX (liortens uis ; as vertex, icis ; pon- 

 tifex, icis : vibex (rather vibix), Icis excepted. 



Qualem virgineo dcmefTum jioU'ice fiorem — Virg. 



59. But EX having ech, lengthens the increment ; as 

 vervex, ecis. 



l^et-veciwi in patria, crafToque fub aere nafci. Juven. 



Except nex, necis, vicis, and precis, wanting nomi- 

 natives ; alfo fcenifex ; refex, ecis ; and fupellex, eftllis. 



Quam 7i(C(S artifices arte perire fua. 



Ovid. 



60. And all other nouns in X generally lengthen the 

 increment ; thus nouns in ax ; as pax, pacis ; fornax, acis. 



Except abax, fmilax, Atrax, dropax, fax, Atax, 

 climax, panax, opoponax, ftyrax, colax ; the com- 

 pounds of phylax and corax ; as Arftophylax, Nome 

 phylax, nydicorax, phalacrocorax, iicis. 



Fraternxque fidem pncis petiitque deditque. 

 Dicite /^/7C(:., anim^ tuque, optime vatcs. 



Ovid. 



Virg. 



61. Thus words in IX ; as radix, felix, cicatrix, nutrix, 

 vi6lrix, altrix, perdix, coturnix, pernix, lodix, icis. 



1. Except appendix, choenix, coxendix, cihx, calix, 

 fornix, filix, hiifrix, larix, pix, falix ; varix, icis, and 

 itrix, ftrigis. 



2. Nix, nivis ; maftix, ichis, a gum. 



Ecce coturnices inter fua praelia vivunt. Ovid. 



"ExJU'icnn curvis invifam pafcit aratris. Virg. 



'E.tjlrigis invents per bulla jacentia pium^. Propert. 



Jam fatis terri,<: ntvis atque dirs. Hor. 



Contritumque (imul cum maftiche confer anethum. Seren. Samon 

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