QUANTITY, 



a. Except alfo "verbs in ulo or ulor, wliicJi are 

 jreiierally derived from diminutives in uhis ; as circulo, 

 circiilor, from circulus. 



Propert. 



Lvitret. 



Virg. 



Virg. 



LuLTCt. 



Hor. 



1. Tutins ct gcmiiios anxia mater (ilit. 



a. ix ciilor extremus primo cvwn frijore mixtus, 



). Millc trahens varios advcrfo Sole nlori:.s. 



4. Vila ir.anu, fxvofquc gtTunt in bulla doluias. 



<:. Matericmqiic ilutan-, levare ac radirc tigna. 



6. Nulla tides damiiis, vc-nrqiie r/.Vor/6t/s adiit. 



7. MStcndwn ufiiue in piilrino ; vapulandum; haW-ndx ? -j.^.^^ 



coinpedes. 3 



8. yeniVct altivuni digitis fudantibus aurum. Jvivcn. 



9. Cxpere : alternos Mufc mcniiniirc v'l'iletmnt. Virg. 



10. Igneni Trojanum, ct Vcllam cultt Alba minorcm. Juveii. 

 ri. Et colore vagos induitls tetihns arant-s. Manil. 



11. Utriqne; id nro te, in cummnn-j ut consWas. Ter. 



13. Nee Pallas I'pectarc potcll : vultufqut i;H((//i.-n(. Liican. 



14. Grandia li parvis ojjiiii'i/arc licet. Ovid. 



15. Licet fuperbus amliihs peeunia. Hor. 

 V„/f. Aiiifvvorth has bonibilo, which fliould be bombito. .'Jec 



I'acciolatus. 



27. A vowel before final ' ia and ^ges is long ; as nubes, 

 ambages. 



So labes, tabes, piibes, compages, impages, llrages, 

 friiges, &c. 



1. Sub pcdibus videt n!76t's et fidera Daphnis. Virg. 



J. Jam catervat'im dat fnigem atquc aggerat ipfis. Virg. 



Except 'hebes, -indigcs, ^Icbes, ■'seges, and 

 ^teges. 



1. Utque ktbt-ti pei^us tantummodo enntudit iciu. Ovid. 



2. Dii patrii ind'igeles et Romule Vcftaque mater. Virg. 



3. Tertia dona laeit gcminos ex aere lebctc.s. Virg. 



4. Ilia urges demum votis relpondet avari. Virg. 



5. Inftitor hyberna; trgdis, nivcique cadurci. Juven. 



'' 28. A vowel before final ' Jes and 'pes is fliort ; as fides, 



tapes. 



So analeiSides, anterides, hyiides, pleiades, sudes, 

 and all mafculine patronymics, according to the firft 

 rule ; fo alfo apes, dapes, trapes, and tiie following 

 compounds of pes, bipes, tripes, quidrupes, centipes, 

 antipodes, celeripes, gracilipes, altpcs, levipes, fo- 

 nipes, connpes, ignipes, longlpes, loripes, palmipcs, 

 folidipcs, capripes, &c. 



1 . Mens bona, i'am3, fides, hxc clare, er ut audiat hofpes. Peif. 

 3. Inftratos oftro aripedcs pidlilquc trlpetis. Virg. 



1. Except 'clades, -sedes, ' riipes, ■'sepes, and 

 'ftlpes. 



2. And though we are without poetic authority for 

 carcinodes, caulodes, horminodes, yet their penulti- 

 mate is evidently long from the Greek !• ; fo epodes ; 

 as xa^t(i;ij^\c, )cat.'XaJd«;', c^^ivldw;, l-:ru:dric, 



1. C^«£//6h.^ irruimus nocituraque pofcimus arma. Lucan. 



2. Ducit ad infernas per multa filentia srdes. Ovid. 



3. lUe, velut pelagi rupcs imuiota reliliit. Virg. 



4. 'i'exendx srpes etianl, et pecus omnc tenendum eft. Virg. 



5. Stipitibus duris agitur &udibufquc prxuliis. Virg. 



Note. — The claflical cxiftence of trudes Teems not to be fatisfaftorily 

 proved; AinlVorth and Faceiolatus cite cmly one authority, Tacrt. 

 Ann. 3. 4*^1, where commentators piopole sudes, as a better 

 reading. 



29. A vowel before final '</«, '^S.v, ^lex, *mex, ^nix, 

 or ''rex, is long ; as codex, radix, Ilex, cimex, jiinix, 

 carex. 



So judex, lodix, fpadix, halex, piilex, piimex, ra- 

 Biex, tomex, remex, miarcx, sorex, &c. 



z. Indo porr6 ad puteum, atque ad robuHum ccirf/efm. Plant. 

 3. Pronus ab arborci cecidit raUicc retentus. Ovid. 



3. Frocumbunt picex, Tyrat iHi lecuribus Hex. Virg. 



4. Cui domus ot dulees latebrofo in piiiiikc nidi. Virg. 



5. yuiini mox horfum ad itabulum Juiu'r rccipiat (e "^"l pJ3^, 



pabulo. J 



6. Et C3labr^lm coxit vitiate miirice vcllus. Perf. 



Except 'culex, -sTlex, and 'riimex. 



I. Tota abit hora. Mali riilieen, ranaque palufires. Hor. 

 1. .Spem gregiii, ah ! s'llice in luida coiinixa rcliquit. Virg. 



3. Apponunt riimiccm, bralTicam, betam, blituni. Plaat. 



jVu/r. — ,\lex, in the beft^authors and editions, is read ilec, and is 

 therclbre no exception to this rule. 



30. A vowel before final 'J>tr and ^ler is (hort ; as siipii , 

 arbiter. 



So .ipcr, caper, iter, later, accipiter, diameter, 

 pater, Jupiter, DicfpiL:r, and all adverbs in ter; a- 

 aliter, ampliter, acriter, celeriter, and many others. 



1. Hum juga montis iiper, fluvios dum pil'eis, ainabit. Virg, 



2. Non locus eH'ufi lati"> maris arbiter, aut'ert. Hiir. 



1. Except 'iiuper, 'ater, frater, 'mater, 'crater, 

 'deter, 'teter. 



2. Uter-tra-trum follows the general rule; but 

 Titer-tris, a bag, lengthens the penultimate. 



3. Alfo 'soter from s-jjt^j, of which the poets give 

 no example, except through its derivative soteria. 



1. Nunc hue rcmifit nw/^er ad me cplftolam. Plaut. 



2. Calculus immitem dimitlitur I'lter in urnam. Ovid. 



3. Cui volet, importvnius ebur; fiiiter, ;«/(fr, adde. Hor. 



4. Cui mi'iler media leCe tulit obvia fylvi. Virg. 



5. 'I'um ;)<i7('r Anchifes magnum cr(?i(.'ru corona. Virg. 



6. Nam deteriuna on'.nes fumus licentia. Ter. 

 ;. /"c/er ut immunda; carnis abiret t)Jor. Mart. 

 8. MoUibus in pratis une'tos Taliere per vtres. Virg. 

 y. Nam quoties furgis, sulcria pofcis amicos. Mart. 



31. A vowel before final ' ia, ''bo, ^pa, *po, is fhort ; as 

 faba, Mbo, sapa, nunciipo. 



So jilba, fyllaba, cibo, probo, globo, cubo, ar- 

 rhabo, fcabo, nepa, lupa, popa, upupa, alapa, cripa, 

 legicrepa, metopa, crepo, ftrepo, capo, occiipo, 

 emancTpo, participo, anticTpo, &c. 



1. Denfa,/«4«, et dextro jaftata recumbit in armo. Virg. 



2. Non auro, myrrhaque iiittit/.' fed gurgite puro. Lucan. 



3. Et Laletanif nigra lagena sajuc. Mart. 



4. Adfidct, et totum prope fiucibus o6ci//)«i amneni. Lucret. 



Except 'gleba, ^^fcrlba, ^fcribo, -libo, 'nubo, 

 'biibo, -cepa, "rapa, 'fcopa, " clepo, "ftipo. 



1. Liquitur, et Zephyro p'jtris feg/i6arefolvit. Virg. 



2. Linqiiimus, infani ridentes prxmia^r?6iE. Hor. 



3. Suniile materiam veftns, qui yirii/iM aquam. Hor. 



4. Purpureofque nietunt flores, et flumina lihaid. Virg. 



5. lis 7ii'6a)if, et illos ducere eadem hsce lex jubet. Ter. 



6. Solaque culminibus ferali carmine iiibo. Virg. 



7. Ccedenda ell hortis eruta cepa meis. 



8. Hicc tibi brumali gaudentia frigore Tai)a. 

 y. Vilibus in fcopis, in mappis, in Icobe, quantus. 



10. Qui hxc habent confilia ; ubi data occafio eii, "P<^' "l piju, 



ctPpe, tene, harpaga. _f 



11. Stipant, et liquido diftendunt ncclare cellas. Virg. 

 Note. — Cupa, liupa, .Tnd pupa, are fomeliraes more properly fpelled 



cuppa, ftujipa, puppa ; fince this latter orthography delignates their 

 quantitv, arid is more confident with their derivation from xvZ^a.^ 

 (French couppc,) ^uTirn, &c. Copa and copo fcem corrupted 

 readings for caupo, whicii the more accurate editions fublUtute. 



32. A vowel before final ^a is long ; as ftega. 



So auriga, biga-, quadriga, collega, saga, pyga» 

 riiga, fanguisuga, folipijga, &c. 



At Novius coUcga gr.idu port nie ledet uno. Hor. 



Except 'caliga, 'offifraga, toga, and the •'deriva- 

 tives of fiigo, as fiiga, perfuga, lucifuga, lucri- 

 fuga. 



I. Cafar 



Ovid. 



Mart. 

 Hor. 



