QUANTITY. 



<. TUcbtttdis juflis I'lia tcinpora froiidibus oniaiit. O/ul. Met. 6. 163. 



1. I'kociis efFundit vnftos b.iUilU molares. Silius Ital. i. 334. 



3. Et tibi prx invidia Nereides increpitarojit. Prop. i. a6. 1.;. 



4. Nerii, tevereor; tua fulmine fev'ior ira e!l. Ovid. Met. 13.858. 



3. Words ending in actis, kus, and hliis, fhorten the pe- 

 nultimate ; as 'jCgyptiacus, 'aromaticus, ■'callidus. 



1. Quos ./Sg?/p///j'rt>.\' Temper renuifti.s ab svo — C'dc. 



2. Idalise Uicos, ubi mollis omuracits ilium — Virg. /En. i . 693. 



3. Vnhfaltd'ifir, cecinit qua: prim.T fiiniriis. Virg. JEn. 8. 340. 



4. Utquefuitmlaqueis, quoscnW(/Hsabdiditaiiceps. Ovid. 



1. Except 'Meracus, 'opacus, 'amicus, ^apricus, 

 *antlcus, 'ffcus, 'mendlcus, ''pollicus, 'pudTcus, 

 '"umbilicus, "vTcus. 



2. Alfo "nidus, "sidus; '■'fidus, infldus : but 

 "perfidus (from per and J Jes), follows the general 

 rule. 



I. Ah ! pereat quicunque mm/cas repperit uvas. Prop. 2. 3. 27. 



:;. Continui monies, nifi diUbcicntur opcrra. Hor. Epift. i. 16. 



3. Elfe tibi niagnus, Thelefine, videris (im'nns— Mart. 3. 40. 3. 



4. Duceret apricis in coUibiis uva colortm. Virg. licl. 9. 49. 



5. Et I'uper anticos in frontis imagine crines — Mill. 



6. Cum meficus .ilat, cum palcar dulcibu!> uvis. Mart. 13. 49. 



7. Nee mendicu fei.it barbati prandla nudi — Mar. 14. 8r. 



8. Occipiti cxco, pifJIioE occurrite fanna?. Perl', i. 62. 



9. Perduci poterit tam frugi tamqvie ;)i(rf?ci. Hor. b. 2. s. 5. 77. 



10. Nee umbilicts quod decorus et cedro. M.irt. 8. 61. 



11. Ettua patricius culmina I'icHs liabet. Mart. 7. 7s. 



12. Ore ferunt, dulcem )im/m immitibus efcnm. Virg. G. 4. 17. 



13. Hoc metuens, cccli menle.s et s'ulern ferva. Virg. G. 1.33.?. 



14. Fortimata domus, \r.oib CiX uhifhlus am'icus. Prop. 3. 20. 9. 



15. Diirimulare etiam Qieradi, perf'idc tantmn. Virg. .'En. 4. 305. 



4. Words ending in ' imits or 'ymus, fliorten the penulti- 

 mate ; as finitimus, maximus, thymus, fortisslmus. 



Thus animus, decimus, fimus, octmuir., anonymus, 

 callionymus, and all adjectives and fuperlatives in imus 

 ftiorten the penultimate. 



1. Entelle heroumquondam/D?;(/s™e fruftra. Virg.. ■En. 5. 389. 



2. Fervet opus, redolentque thy-mo Iragrantia mella. Virg. G. 4. 169. 



1. Except 'blmus, 'llnius, 'mlmus, ■'opimus, ^qua- 

 drimus, ^'slmus, 'trlmus. 



2. And two fuperlatives, Imus and primus. 



1. Turn vituloSjftiTJffS curvans, jam corniiafronte. Virg. Gcorg. 



2. i™»s ut hicdurelcit,et hacnt ceraliquei'cit. Virg. Eel. 8. 80. 



3. Scribere (i fas eft imitantes tvirpia mimos — Ovid. Trilt. 2.515. 



4. Aut fpoliis ego jam raptis laudabor o;)!m;s. Virg. y?in. lO. 449. 



5. Deprome (;u«nf?-hn)fm Sabin^. Hor. b. i. od. 9. 7. 



6. Dum tenera attondent simic virgulta capella. Virg. Eel. 10.7. 



7. Qu^, velut latis equa t?-5/)m campis — Hor.b.3.od. Ii.v,9. 



Note. — The quantity of the penultimate of patrimus and matrimus 

 is undetermined : Facciolatus, the Italian lexicographer, fays ** lis 

 eft inter giammaticos de qiiantitate eorum penultima, qux adhuc 

 eft fub judice, quia Mihil ceni afferri adhuc potuit." 



5. Other vowels before final mus or mum are long ; as ra- 

 mus, remus, pomum, dumus. 



So am5mum, camus, cardamomum, cinnaraomum, 

 demum, extremus, fumus, grumus, hamus, poftremus, 

 promus, racemus, fupremus, volemum. 



Sylvellrib raris fparfit labrufca raclmis. Virg. 



I. Except 'atomus, -balsamum, 'cinnamum, •'do- 

 mus, 'glomus, 'humus, poftumus, * thalamus, -to- 

 mus. 



. 2. And words ending in dromus, from the Greek 

 )f(>^oi ; as epidroraus, hemerodromus. 



I. Parvarum ferie conftant connexa atomorum. An. 



a. & 3. £uhtimaK{u\ femper, cinnam/t femperolet. Mart, 



4. Nan unquam gravis acre d'^mwrn mihi dextra redtbat. Virg. 



5. Ut vinofa glmnos furtivse Pyrrhia lan^ — J|or. 



6. Spargite AiijHMirt foliis, inducite fontibiis umbras. Virg. 



7. Silvius, Albanum nomen, tuapo/liiina proles. Virg. 



8. Poft ubi jam thalXmis fc compofuere, filctur. 



9. Scriptura quanti cunfiet, et li/nim vilis. 



Virg. 

 Mart. 



6. A vowel before final le, 'lit, or 'let, is long; as mo- 

 iiTle, annalis, moles. 



So ancile, bovlle, biile, caprile, crinale, focale, fce- 

 nlle, lie, incile, mantele, mantile, ovile. 



And ales, anilis, aprllis, civllis, carduelis, curulis, 

 crudelis, conjugalis, dotalis, cxHis, fidelis, herllis, 

 miles, patruelis, proles, quinftHis, fubtilis, fextllis, 

 Sec. with many others. 



1. Et opjjortuno fe iiowi/i condidit. Phaedr. 



2. At qui umbratagerunt «'!<i// tempora quercu. Virg. 



3. Tota cohors. Rarus venit in ca*nacula ni^^?5. Juven. 



1. Except 'verbal nouns or adjeftives ; a« agilis, 

 amabilis, facilis, insile, mifsilis, milsile, utilis. 



2. And all adjeftives in atilh; as aquatilis, fluvia- 

 tihs, plicatilis, volatilis. 



3. Al(o dapsilis, daftylis, 'gracilis, 'humilis. 

 ■indoles, 'parilis, ''fimilis, ' fterilis, "fuboles. 



1. Nee tibi deliciiEyflc?/e.5, vulgataque tantum. Ovid. 



2. Pallor agens telis, liquitque volat'de ferrum. Virg. 



3. Dajmlis cxcepit di(^tis, Cercremque ferentes. Falifc. 



4. Hmc pedem fi ceperimus, edere iterum daClplum. Terent 



5. Et grac'dtA ftru6tos effugit umbra rogos. Ovid. 



6. Atque hum'des habitare cafa.s, et figere cervos. Vhrg. 



7. Quid pius -^neas tanta dabit indUe dignum ,? Virg. 



8. Et no61es;)ar?/es agitare diebus. Lucret. 



9. Stes capite obftipo, multum Jimjiis metuenti. Hor. 

 10. FTic, ^/?er//e7H exiguus ne deferat humor arenam. Virg. 

 r 1 . Denfior hinc f}bok'Sy hinc largi copia laCtis. Virg. 



7. Adjeftives in inus derived from nouns fignifying 'trees, 

 ■plants, and Hones; alfo from 'adverbs of time, or from 

 fubftaatives fignifying the four feafons of the year, (horten 

 the penultimate ; as faginus, hyacinthinus, adamantinus, 

 craftinus, diutinus, perendinus, chimerinus, annotinus, hor- 

 notinus : to which add bombycinus, elephantinus, which 

 feem rather to refer to the filk and ivory, than to the animals 

 themfelves. 



1. Truditur e ficco radix olenghia ligno. Virg. 



2. Grandia toUtmtur en//7a//?»a, maxima rurfus. 7. 



3. M)/rrhma^ deinde adamas notiflimus. \ 



4. Et lux cum primum terris fe crajima reddet. Virg. 



5. Delicias et panniculus Z>oni6^c?K«j urit. Juven. 



Except 'repentlnus, ^matutlnus, ^ vefpertlnus. 



1. Inque rg;ew(^HOS convivia verfa tumultus. Ovid. 



2. Jiiatutina parum cantos jam frigora mordent. Hor. 



3. Nee vefpertinus circumgemit urfus ovile. Hor. 



Note. — ^The penultimate of malinus, Ainfworth, as well as everv 

 Englifh lexicographer, h-is, without any poetic authority, marked 

 long. Facciolatus, however, gives it that quantit}*, which, as de- 

 rived from malus, a tree, it certaiirly fhould have. 



8. AU other adjeftives and words ending in 'mus lengthen 

 the penultimate ; as canlnus, binus, trinus, feftlnus, La- 

 tinus, medialtlnus. 



Vix primes inopma quies laxaverat anus. Virg. 



Except 'asinus, ^cominus, ^dorainus, "eminus, 

 'facinus, 'sinus, 'terminus. 



1. Suadebat Asino fugere, ne pofTet capi. Phafdr. 



2. & 4. Comhius enfe ferit ; jaculo cadit einmus ipfe. Ovid. 



3. Turn caput ipfi aufert dom'nio^ truncumque relinquit. Virg. 



5. Nondum Julliiiam facmua mortale fugarat. Ovid. 



6. Nunc tantum 5mws, et ftatio malelida carinis. Virg. 



7. Ouici mque mundt ternunus obltitit. Hor. 



9. Other vowels before final nut and num are long ; as 

 urbanus, plenus, donum, miinus. 



So ahenus, fanum, pronus, prunus, ferenus, vene- 



nuiB, 



