QUANTITY. 



r. Except 'aufterus, 'galtrus, 'plcrufque, ■'scrus, 

 'feverus, Serus ; 'pera, "ccra, and Mincerus, from 



line cera. 



2. And though of anthera, Oenothera, ftatera, there 

 is no poetic fanSion, they are long by derivation from 

 a'A^a, Stifsui', and raTnjx, fo pantliera (Virg. JEn. 8. 

 460.) from Sic. 



1. Qui volet aii/?«os arte ferire viros. Prop. 



2. Bina nianu, fulvofque lupi de pelle i^alero.i. Virg. 



3. fliraqtte diflciat, et priEl'eiis in tempus omittat. Hor. 



4. Scrus in offenf.im rcttuleiitque pcdciii. TibuU 



5. Cum fit ti-illc habitu, vultuque et vnHefmrum. Juven. 



6. K«-um, quid facJM? Ut homo eft, ita morem geras. Ter. 



7. I'rrns impol"uit Jupiter nobis duas. Phxdr. 



8. Ljmus ut hic durtlcit, et haec ut cent liquefcit. Virg. 



9. Enfe reddendum ; ne pars fmcera trahatur. Ovid. 



17. Other vowels before final ' rus, ■ rn, ^rum, are long ; 

 as carus, minis, morus, miirus ; hara, fpira, ora, natiira, 

 lorum, &c. 



So ara, tiara, Tra, lira, hora, aurora, lora, manti- 

 cora, prora, captura, figiira, censiira ; alfo the nouns, 

 adjeftives, and participles in rus, &c. are very nu- 

 merous. 



1. Exultans rorem lat^ dilpergit nmiiruwi. Virg. 



2. Vela legunt focii, et proras ad littoia torquent. Virg. 



3. Punlceo tingit pendentia wtora colore. Ovid. 



1. Except 'barbarus, =cammarus, 'camurus, ^can- 

 tharus, ^chorus, *helleborus, 'nurus, 'opiparus, 'ovi- 

 parus, '"fparus, "Tartarus, '-torus. 



2. Alfo "anchora, "cithara, '^mora, "purpiira, 

 "philyra. 



3. And the following in mm ; ''forum, "fupparum, 

 -°garum, "pan\m. 



4. Alfo the -'compounds of -voro, as carnivorus, 

 omnivorus ; thofe ending in '"phorus and phora, from 

 Jfji;, as amphora, canephora, echphora, phofphorus, 

 ciitophorus, &c. ; and the derivatives of a^yu^o-:, as 

 hydrargyrum, lithargyrus. 



I. ^flritrMS hie ego t'um, quia non intelligoruUi. Ovid. 



1. Sed tibi dimidio conftrii^tus Cmnnifinn ovo. Juven. 



3. Pes etiam et camiirzs hirt^ fub cornibus aures. Virg. 



4. Et gravis attrica pendebat fan(/;(7r?(6- ans4. Virg. 



5. Dodtus et Phcebi churns, er Dians. Hor. 



6. SciUanique, hdlebm-ofqun graves, nigrumque bitumen. Virg. 



7. Si qua tibi nurus eft, fi qua eft tibi filia, voces. Ovid. 



8. Vino ornamentis opipfirifquc opfoniis. Plant. 



9. Prspinguis teres, ovipara congeftior alvo. Aufon. 



10. Agreftilc.ue manus armat ,/;)";-!(S ; vertitur ipfe. Virg. 



11. Tartfira Panthoiden itorum Oreo — Hor. 



1 2. Proximus ut viridante tnro confederat herbse. Virg. 



13. .(^«c/K''/-a jam noftram non tenet ulla ratcm. Ovid. 



14. Non ftudio cithurfTy nee Mnla? deditus ulli. Hor. 



15. Troja cadet; fed erit noftri nvira longd laboris. Ovid. 



16. Per hoc inane ;jiir;>?Jj-«? decus precor. Hor. 



17. Difplicent ne>::e />/(/(y''^ coronce. Hor, 



18. Infanumque J'yrHTn, aut populi tabularia vidit. Virg. 



19. .S';(;);;//ra nudatos cingunt angufta lacertos. Lucret. 



20. Preifit cella, gtiro de fueei.s pifcis Iberi. Hor. 



21. Matutina ;>(7;'uni cautos jam fri^ora mordent. Hor. 



22. Mittere caryiivm-is prasberi p.ibula mandat. An. 



~ 23. PAo/;)/( fire redde diem; quid gaudia noftra moraris ? Mart. 

 24. Ainphora non meruit tarn pretiofa mori. Mart. 



18. E before final ro or ror is fhort ; as fero, gero, 

 tero. 



So tempero, alpero, blatero, caetero, capero, celero, 

 confidero, defidero, fcelero, propero, s2ro (to fow), 

 queror, &c. 

 Ver{im, quid facias.^ ut homo eft, ita morem ^eras. Ter. 



Except 'fpero; -affevero and ^perfevero from fe- 



verus, and the adverb '•scro from ucrus j for Scro, to 

 fow, is (hort. 



1. Sjirrrt idem, fudet nudium fniftraque Uborct, Hor. 



2. Profitebitur, jurabit, tiffeverabit. Scaz 



3. Polt manes tumuUnnque ;;(^r/t7;'h-«i. Mar' 



4. Veriim. Age mod6 hodie ; struacnequidquam vol«s. Ter. 



19. Otiier vowels before final /-a or ro/- are long ; as varo, 

 fpTro, oro, uro. 



So liro, tiro, inquiro, acquiro, coHquiro, ploro, 

 laboro, auftoro, ignoro, cijro, figuro, luror, duro, 

 and many others. 

 Delicias et panniculus bombycinus iirit. Juven. 



1. Except 'aro, ^caro, 'furo, ''hilaro, 'inforo, 

 '"moror, 'paro, "faturo, 'voro. 



2. Alfo the 'derivatives from genitives incrcafing 

 fhort in oris or uris ; as decoro, n-.urmiiro, from decus- 

 oris, murmur-iiris. 



So memoro from memor-oris ; corporor from corpus- 

 oris ; roboro from robus-oris ; exauguro from augur- 

 iiris ; fulguro fro.m fulgur-uris ; expccloro from pec- 

 tus-oris. 



1. Littus nrani, Rutulofque exercent vom'ere colics. Virg. 



2. Scd mal^ viva ctiro eft. Lambendo mater in anus — Ovid. 



3. Quid fiiris? Aut quonam noftri tibi cura rcceflit. Virg. 



4. Hos ubi facundo tua vox hilSraverat ore. Ovid. 



5. I.icetne infwarCj ti incomitiare non licet ? Plaut. 



6. Quid vitam viorur invifam, Pallante perempto. Virg. 



7. Umbras, et coelo diffundere figna ;;«r(j6a^. Hor. 



8. Qua fatiirat Calabris culta Galefis aquis .' Mart. 



9. Optima lylvarum interea, pelagique vurabit. Juven. 

 10. Et validas auget vires, et roborat i<^um. Lucret. 



20. Words ending in 'aiiis, ^elus, ^otus, ^vtus, lengthen 

 the penultimate ; as probatus, cetus, totus, tiitus. 



So gratus, facet us, boletus, potus, agrotus, argiitus, 

 altiitus, brOtus, hirsiitus, mutus, and many others ; 

 alfo participles in atus, itus, olus, and utus, as man- 

 datus, decretus, notus, miniitus, metiitus, conftitiitus, 

 volutus, &c. 



1. O fortunruos nimium, fua fi bona norint ! Virg. 



2. Turem impeditam et p«rditam rellituas? hem ! quo 7„ 



Jrclus fum. 5 



3. Facile omnes, cum valemus, _refta confilia, argroft-s 7_, 



damns. 5 



4. T'w^a manent; mediis Tanais fumavit in undis. Ovid. 



1. Except 'catus, ^latus-eris, 'ftatus-us ; ^impetus, 

 ^metus, ""vetus ; and 'antidotus. 



2. *Venetus is fhort by derivation from Venetias ; 

 'quotas from quot ; '^totus (fo great), from tot, for 

 totus is long ; and "arbutus from arbor-arboris. 



3. Of dicrotum, and automatus from automaton, 

 there is no poetic authority. 



4. Except alfo the plural genitives of nouns ending 

 in ma-matis ; as poematum. 



5. And the participles datus, ratus, satus, ftatus ; 

 for which fee the rule concerning diflyllabic fupincs. 



1. Meplusraperequamvos,dederimvobisconfiliumc6r^Kr?i. Plaut. 



2. Impulit in Ictus, et venti, velut agmine iaifo — Virg, 



3. Etenimver6quoniamfonnamcepihujusinmeety/«(wm. Plaut. 



4. yEquora ; fie illain fert ?7n^e/io' ipfe volantem. Virg. 



5. Necdum eft ille dolor, fed jam itifias incubat amens. Lucan. 



6. Et Vetera oblitis jura referrc foris. Propert. 



7. Et venditaret falib autidotum nomine. Phjedr. 



8. Sic yeiiitus ft&gnante Pado, fufdque BritannuE — Lutan, 



9. & 10. Nee /o(a pars homo terrai, yic/fa <(;</as unus. Lucret, 

 n. Inferitur ver6 ex foetu nucis ar6?i^it5 horrida. Virg. 



21. Words ending in itus lengthen the penultimate; as 

 auritus, crinitus, invltus, peritus. 



Fac jam tu, prsco, nunc omnem auritum populum. Plaut. 



I. Except 



