Virg. 

 Juv. 



"capparis, 



Hor. 



Hor. 



Ovid. 



Mart. 



Ovid. 



QUANTITY. 



»7. Words ending in 'arts oi 'are lengthen the penulti- from TOa>.s'it, lengthen the vowel before /; as bibliopola, 

 mate ; as alaris, altare. _ oenopolium. 



So agricolaris, peculiaris, naris, alveare, capillare, 

 plantare, quare, and many others. 



I. Sufpiciens, patulis captavit nihribus auras. 

 1. Sufpitit exigui latum planturibus horti. 



Except 'hilaris, ''bimaris, 'cantharis, 

 *mare, and 'dare. 



I. Odenmt liUdrem trifles, triftemque jocofi. 



a. Aut Ephtfum bimmijhe Corinthi. 



.V CanthSrklum fuccos, dame parente, bibas. 



4. Capjitirhi, et putricepas alece natantes. 



5. Ante niiirf el tellus, et quod tegit omnia calum. 



6. See, for d(ire, the verbal increment in a. 



38. Words ending in ' e/ii, ^elus, 'ela, 'elum, ""ofus, 

 -udus, 'ator, utor, lengthen the penultimate; as fidelis, 

 phaselus, fuadela, prelum, fumofus, sudus, orator, utor. 



So crudelis, carduelis, patruelis, candela, loquela, 



querela, corruptela, cicindela, clientela, muftela, ni- 



tela, Philomela, parallelus, polymelus, arenofus, for- 



mofus, luftuofus, perniciofus, nudus, criidus, ludus, 



udus, and many others. 

 I. Nunquam tAJtdelis cum potente focietas. 

 4. Et circum piitis vehitur fua rura jihusitis- 



3. Qualis populea mserens Philomela fub umbri. 



4. & 5. Colaque prehrum fumi'ifis deripe tecftis. 



6. Quid Nero t:im sasvS, crud.ique tyrannide fecit .' 



7. Hinc alta fub rupe canet froiiddtoT ad auras. 



8. Nee foleas fecii ; si'itur tamen eft fapiens. Qui .' — 



39. Words ending in ' ober, ^ uier, or ^ aver, 

 the penultimate ; as Oftober, falQber, papaver. 



So fuber, tuber, uber, huber, puber, cadaver, &c. 



I. Te taceo, OlUlcr foenere ditat agros. 



J. Quique fiequens hecbis et feitilis ubere campus. 



3. Lilia purpurels -.iiift.! papdvertbus. 



Except colaber and ^ riiber. 



I. Inque pruinofo ct^ttibcr diftenditur arvo. 



a. Crine TK^dr, niger ore, brevispede, lumine l^efus 



40. Adverbs in ' tim lengthen the penultimate ; as' oppi- 

 datim, viritim, tributim : except ' ftatim. 



I. Et velut abfentem certStim A(!laeona clamant. Ovid, 



a. Nee fpernat auris, nee tamen credat_/7ui/i». Pliadr. 



^ote. — *' Noftra Lexica, Gradufqiie ad Pamas. Paenultimam ad- 

 verbii, affdtirn, longli apice figiiant. Nee eo inficias, quin poetae 

 degeneris Latinitatis earn pryduiierint." Vide tamen Lexicon 

 Facciolati, ubi banc obfervaiioiiem invenies, " Annianus poeta, 

 apud Gell. I. 7. c. 7. ita difputat de quantitate penuliim^, ut fta- 

 tuat earn elfe corripiendam : innuat, autem, oIii\i ctiam produ6tam 

 fuilTf : quod et ab Aratore factum eft. L. a. in Ac. Apoftol. 

 326. Vcrim non eft hoc fatb, ut contra communem ufum 



Phffidr. 



Virg. 



Virg. 



Virg. 



Juven. 



Virg. 



Hor. 



lengthe 



Aufon, 



Virg. 



Prop. 



Lucan. 



Mart. 



So myropola, myropolium, propola, pharmacopola, 

 &c. 



1. Sed qui ine veiidit 5!6/io;'o/a putat. Plaut. 



2. Namomneis plateas perrcptavi,g)mnaCa et m^rop«;/a. Plaut. 



43. Words ending in 'area, ' ariiu, 'erium, * oritu, 

 lengthen the antepenultimate ; as pareo, cibarius, acro- 

 terium, mefsorius. 



So areo, clareo, hordearius, fextarius, librariub, 

 mercenarius, herbarius, capilterium, difterium, eccle- 

 fialterium, niceterium, fphaerillerium, adulatorius, cen- 

 forius, and many others. 



I. Vim gemlnam fentit, paref^Uf incerta duobu."*. Ovid. 



1. In huiic diem jam tuus fum mercenarius. Plaut. 



3. Omnibus arrides, t/Zf/crm dicis in omnes. Mart. 



4. Quern ct?nA"wria cum meofevero. Mart. 



1. Except ■ careo, ^ vSrius, and ' neftSreus, from 

 neftar-Sris. 



2. Alfo ■* defidgrium, from defidgro ; ' magiilerium, 

 from magiftgr; and ' minifterium, from minifttSr. 



3. And the ' derivatives of genitives increafing in 

 fliort em ; as sequoreus, arboreus, caftdreus, corpO- 

 reus, eboreus, marmCreus, Itercoreus, roboreus, from 

 zquor-oris, arbor-oris, caftor-oris, corpus-oris, ebur- 

 oris, marmor-oris, ftercus-oris, robur-oris. 



4. Except alfo fome " derivatives from (omicron), 

 as boreus, antiboreus, hyperbdreus, from /So^E'aj. 



Juven. 

 Virg. 

 Mart. 

 Ovid. 



1 . Scilicet et morbis et debilitate citrebis. 



2. Et vdrias wfus mtditando extunderai artcs. 



3. Attica neCliireitm turbatis mella falernum — 



4. Roma, domufque fubit, t/^(/cr/itm^ue iocorum. 



5. VIrtute, id fat^tum, iu5, et magi/ierw tuo. Plaut. 



6. FefTa mutt/ter/is mulces, reparafque labori. Ovid. 



7. ^i^r^'/rt'tE frondes aiiro radiante nitcntes. Ovid. 



8. Vita proculpatria peragenda fub axe Borea. Ovid. 



44. Words ending in ' aceus, ^ afeus, ' aneus, ■• eneut, 

 * oneus, lengthen the antepenultimate ; as teftaceus, cafeus, 

 fubitaneus, aheneus, idonem. 



So arenaceus, hederaceus, hordeaceus, refinaceus, 

 cretaceus, araneus, conditaneus, rfjetSaneus, collefia- 

 neus, bipedaneus, and many others. 



1. Herbasutilioresar^';V/r7tea terra. Var. 



2. Pinguis et ingratas premeretur cafeus urbi. Virg. 



3. Nee nebulam noftu, neque aranei tenuia fila — Lucret. 



4. Si reftfe fades : hie murus aheneus efto. Hor. 



5. Opportunus ita eft ft forte et i(/o7it.'Wsaer — Lucret. 



I. Except caftaneus, from caftSnea. 

 Cajiu7teq/l{ue nuees, mea qvias Amaryllis arr.abat. Virg. 



45. Words ending in ictus, icium, or itius, (horten the 



prodiici poftet 

 41. Words ending in final guus are compounded with antepenultimate; as patrlcius, asdificium, xdilltius, 

 (tquus, and therefore lengthen the penultimate ; as antiquus, 

 iniquus, obliquus. 



' Terra antiqua, potens armis atque ubere glcbs. Virg. 



Except reliquus, which is not derived from zquus, 

 and is therefore excepted. 

 Texantui reOqua te£^a patude tibi. Mart. 



^o(e. — Though the real caufe of the penultimate of iniquua, anti- 

 quus, &c. being long, is the contraOlon of the 1^, of squus, from 

 which they ate derived, into'z, which is therefore long, according to 

 the rule we have given for coniradion ; yet fince the above may be a 

 more obvinus tliftinflioii than a laieni caiJe, we have not thought it 

 improper to add it. And (incc this remark is applicable to fome 

 other If rtninations and examples, noticed in this atialjlis, it is fuffi- 

 fient hei'', once for all, to give this general anfwer. 



4a> Words ending in pdk, or polium, being derived 



J'atrtdos omnes opibus cCtm provocet unus. Juven. 



So gentillcius, tribunicius, adventitius, faflitius, 

 aufpicium, judicium, artificium, arufpicium, malefl- 

 cium, beneficium, opificium, extifpicium, harrufpi- 

 cium, facrificiimi, indicium, off icium, paneflcium, and 

 many others. 



1. Except 'novicius, or novitius ; and thofe which 

 come from long fupines ; as effutitius, from effutio, 

 ire, ivi, Itum. 



2. Alfo ^convicium, ' licium, and ■* nutricium, from 

 nutrix-Icis. 



1. Jam fedei in ripa teirumque novitius horret. 



2. Neve in me ftolid£ conuuiafuniere lingua. 



3. Et pretifosdomitare boves, el Una tels. 



4. Omniaquc infantum mixta nutritta turba— 



Juv. 

 Ovid. 



Virg. 

 Ma nil. 



46. Words 



