QUANTITY. 



(iratius. 

 Val. Fhr 



62. And words in OX ; as vox, vocis ; velox, ucis. Ex- 

 cept Cappadox ; prxcox, 6cis. 



Ciindimus ct magna fupremum voce ciemiis. Virg. 



Mancip is locui>les, egtt srrLs Cappadncum rex. Hor. 



63. In UX ; aslux.lucis; Pollux, lucis. Except dux, 



crux, nux, trux-ucis. 



Rellitit j^iiieas, claraquc in t!icc refulfit. Virf 



Confedere duci-s, ct viilgi ftantc corona. Oviil. 



64. In YX ; 33 bombyx, ycis. Except onyx, ychis ; 

 Eryx, ycis; calyx, ycis; Naryx, ycis. But Sandyx and 

 Bebryx have the increment common. 



Ncc fiqua Arabio Uicet bombf/cc pucUa. Proiicrt. 



lUaque plebeio, vel fit./iuirfic/.? amiau. Properi, 



Iiuerdum Libyco fuc3iitury;i)ir(ice pinna:. 

 Bebri/cis et Siythici procul incleinentia lacri. 



Of the Increments of the Plural Number. 



65. The plural increments, A, E, O, are long; as 

 musarum, ambabus, animabas; rerum, rebus, horum, 

 quorum, rcgnOrum. 



Tuque, Affnim interprcs ciirOTH/H,et confcia, Juno. Virg. 

 Scilicet in nobis rimm natura novata eft. Ovid. 



Rebus in angulUs facile eft contcmnere vitam. Mart. 



Projicis ? O Latio caput /i5rum ct cautamattnim. Virg. 



66. The plural increments I and U are fhort ; as quibus, 

 trlbus, montibus, vcnlbus, lacubus. 



Except bubus or bobus, which, on account of its 

 contraftion from bovibus, as already explained, is 

 long. 



Nede tr'ibus nodis ternos, Amarylli, cslores. Virg. 



Non opibus mentcs liominurn cunque levantur. Tibul. 



Pars in frufta fecant, vernbn/ijuc trementia figunt. Virg. 



Cum faber eduxit,fa«"(i-Hsdemittit: at i Hud Ovid. 



Et totum luftret curvatis nrcwtes orbem. Manil. 



Et Tiberis noftris advena bubus erat. Propert. 



Increment of Verbs. 



Kote. — I. When any part of a verb exceeds, in the number of 

 fyllables, the fecond perlbn fingular ei the indicative prelent, 

 adtive, the excefs is confidered as tlie increment. As in nouns, 

 the laft fyllable is never reckoned the increment ; fo alfo in verbs ; 

 and, therefore, when there it only one increafe, it mud be the pe- 

 nultimate. 



J. Thus amat, amant, ama, amera, amans, containing, like amas, 



1 1 



only two fyllables, have no increment. A ma-mus, a-ma-tis, 



fle-tis, fci-res, da-mus, have one increment, becaufe they ex- 



1 s 

 cced, by one fyllable, amas, lies, fcis, and das. A-ma-ba-mus, 



i-ma-bi-mus, have two increments, becaufe they exceed amas 



13 3 



by two fyllables. A-ma-ve-ri-tis has three increments. Au- 



di-e-ba-mi-ni has fotir, becaufe it hat four fyllables more than 

 audis. In determining the increments of deponent verbs, an 



active voice "may be fuppofed ; thus, co-na-tur has one incre- 



1 c 1 s 3 



mcnt ; co-na-ba-tur, two; co-na-re-mi-ni, three; becaufe 

 conas of the ficlitious aftive voice has but two fyllables. Or 

 their increments may alfo be regulated by other verbs of the 

 fame conjugation and number of fyllables, wiiich have an acWve 

 voice. 



67. A is long in the increments of verbs ; as ilsbam, 

 ftares, properamus, docebamur, audicbamini. 



Serius aut citius fedem p:-opcrainn^ ad unam. Ovid. 



Pugnahunt armis, qua? ^^ fabricaveroi ufus. Hor. 



Et caiitdrc pares, et refpondere;'ar.7//. Virg. 



Contemplator item, cum fe nux plurima filvis. Virg. 



Except that do, and its compounds of the firft conju- 

 gation, have a fhort in their iirlt increment ; as dnmus, 

 diibunt, dare ; fo circundSmus, venxindiibo, kc. But 



in any other increment do, like its compound* of tlie 

 third conjugation, is long ; as dabamus, dederatis, 

 circundabfimns, credamus. 



Hie lacrymis vitam diimits, ct miferefcimus ukro. Virg. 



Taurino quantum pofftnt rircumdliri- icrgo. Virg. 



Nam<]uodconfiHum,aut qua; jam fortunat/ofto^ur.' Virg. 



68. E is long in the increments of verbs ; as flebam, 

 rcbar, amdris, doccrem, lege.runt, amemus, amaremus, 

 amavifsetis, regcbat, audicbar, &c. 



i 



Sic cqwidem duct'cam animo, rTi-arquc fut\)ruin. 

 Neu juvencs cclebrct multo lermone, cacHo. 



Virg. 

 Tibul. 



Except I. E before R is (liort m the firfl increment 

 of all the prefent and imperfect tenfes of the third 

 conjugation : as legeres or Icgere, the indicative pre- 

 fent paiTive ; legt^re, the infinitive prefent adlive, and 

 imperative paflive ; legt;rem and legtircr, the imperfcft 

 fubjuniiive adtive and paflive. But reris and rere are 

 long ; as amareris, amarcre ; docereris, docerere ; rege- 

 reris, regerere ; audireris, audirere. 



Mart. 

 Ovid. 

 Ovid. 

 Virg. 



Parccrr perfonis, diccre de vitiis. 

 Sic flendus Peleus, li morerotur, erat. 

 Cum conllcrnatis diripereris equis. 

 Noilra, nequc ad fedes viftor veJierlre. 



2. Beris and bere are every where fhort; as ama- 

 beris, amabere ; moneberis, moncbere : and among 

 the ancients, largiberis, experibcre of the fourth. Ex- 

 cepting where the b belongs to the termination of tlie 

 prefent ; as fcriberis and fcribere of the future pafTive 

 being long by the general rule. 



Sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotaftvt-, virgo. Virg. 



■ Scribcris Vario fortis, et hortium — Hor. 



3. E, before ram, rim, ro, and the perfons formed 

 from them, is fhort ; asamavcram, amaverim, amavero ; 

 monueram, monuerim, monucro ; rexeram, rexerim, 

 rexgro ; eram, fucram ; potero, potuero, &c. 



Vincere, nee duro poteris convellere ferro. Virg. 



4. By fyftole, the poets fometimes fhorten e before 

 runt; as 



Obftupui_/?t'/mii!fc/Hc com.-c, ct vox faucibus hsfit. Virg. 

 Di tibi divitias dedirunt, artemque fruendi. Hor. 



69. In every increment, (whether the firft, fecond, third, 

 or fourth,) I is fhort; as amabimus, docebimini, regitur, 

 regimus, audlmlni, audiebamini. 



Mora tarda mente cedat : fimul ite ; Jequimini. Catul. 

 Venimus ; et latos indagine cinximus agros. Ovid. 



Note. — In fuch verbs of the fourth conjugation as have in the fir;l 

 perlbn plural of their prefent and p.;rfeiit indicative, the fame 

 words, in regard to fpelling, there is a dillindtion by the quantity ; 

 the penultimate of the former being long, as venimus, reperimus ; 

 and that of the latter fhon, as venimus, reperimus. 



Except I. Thefe have i long; simus, velimus, no- 

 llmus, with the other perfons coming from them and 

 their compounds ; as sitis, velitis, nolitls, nolite, noli- 

 tote ; malimus, malitis ; pofsimus, pofsltis, &c. 



Ne nimium simus, ftultorum more, molelli. Mart. 



2. I before vim preterites is always long ; as petivi, 

 quKsiTi, audivi, and in its derivative perfons ; as peti- 

 vifti, quassivit, audivimus, &c. 



Ceffi et fublato montem genitore piCcl. Virg. 



3. Tlie firft increment of the fourth conjugation is 

 long ; as audimus, auditis, auditur, audito, audlrem, 

 fcimtis, fcire ; and in audibam, as it is fometimes con- 



6 tracled ; 



