QUANTITY. 



doce, 

 and 



Ovid. 



Ovid. 



Hor. 



Lucret. 



Hor. 



Ovid. 



Hoi. 



Mart. 



Ovid. 



Piisdr. 



I. E final is fliort ; as nate, patre, currg, nempe, ante. 



Incipe, pane puer, rilu cognofccre matrem. Virg. 



1. Except that final E in all cafes of the ' firll and 

 * fifth declenfion, is long ; as Calliope, Tydide, An- 

 chise, fide ; alfo " fame, originally of the fifth. Thus 

 alfo, re, die, and their ' compounds quare, hodie, pri- 

 die, poftridie, quotidie. 



2. Alfo in ^ all nouns wanting the fingular ; ascete, 

 male, tempe, pelage, Greek neuters plural. 



3. The fecond perfon fingular of the imperative of 

 the ' fecond conjugation, has the E long ; as 

 mone ; but ^ cave, ' vale, ' vide ", ' rcfponde ^ 

 " falve'% have e common. 



4. " Monofyllables ending in E are long ; as e, me, 

 te, si, n'e (leil or not) except '■ enclitics and fyllabic 

 adjedives ; as que, ne, -ve, pte, ce, te ; as nequfi, quo- 

 que, fuapte, hujufce, tute, &c. 



5. '■' Adverbs in e coming from nouns of the fecond 

 declenfion are long ; as placidc, pulchre, valJe or va- 

 lide, &c. Except '* bene, male, ''fupernfi, '"inferne, 

 mage. 



6. " Ferme, " fere, and '' ohe, have e long. 



1. Hanc tua i^CTcZo/if lento tibi mittit, UlylTe. 



2. Et quamquam fsevit pariter rahieqticfdmeiiue. 



3. Quae mens eft hodie, cur eailem non puero fuit ? 



4. Al pelage multa, et late fuftraia videmus. 



5. VndSyVale^ cave ne titubes, mandataquefrangas. 



6. Idque, quod ignoti faciunt, vale dicere faltem. 



7. Refpondi^ quibus amiflas reparare queam res. 



8. Si quando veuiet .' dicet; reffioiide, poSta. 

 g. Quid fis nata tiidc, nil! te quoque decipis ipfam. 



10. f^ide, ne dolone collum compunjam tibi. 



[See alfo Peri". I. 108.] 



11. heBor faliie. Taces.diirimulafque ? Vale. Mart. 

 ti. So/ie, Paonize largitor nobilis undx. Claud. 



13. Vera, inquit ; ncjac me Argolica rfe gente nejabo. Virg. 



14. ./'r<»c?;»ue, cum jam hie trabibus contextus acernis. Virg. 



15. Nil fene cum facias, faris attamen omnia belle. Mart. 



16. Te&ifuperne timent : metuunt inferne cavernas. Lucret. 



17. Mobilis et varia eft yerme natura malorum. Juveii. 



18. Jamque/tTcficco, fubduiftie littorepuppes. Virg. 



19. lmponunus,amat laudari? donee oAl.' jam. Hor. 



4, I final is long ; as domini, clafsl, fieri, doceri, audi, 

 i, fill. 



6Ui refpondit rex Alb'ai Longdi. Enn. 



1. Except the i of Greek vocatives; as Alext, 

 AmaryllT, Theti, Pari, DaphnI ; but Simoi, or fuch 

 as belong to nouns having entos in the genitive, are 

 long. 



2. Greek datives fingular of the third declenfion, 

 from nouns increafing, are varied. Minoidi and Te- 

 thyi in Catullus, and Palladi in Statius, are fhort.* 

 Thetidi in Catullus, and Paridi and Tyndaridi in Pro- 

 pertius, are long ; but Greek datives formed by con- 

 traftion are always long ; as Demoltheni, metamor- 

 phosi ; alfo thofe which come from the firft declenfion 

 in Greek ; as OreiU, Euripidi. 



3. Neuters in i are alfo (hort ; as gummi, meli, 

 finapi. 



4. Datives and ablatives plural of Greek nouns in J! 

 (^n before a vowel) are (hort; as heroisi, Troasi. 



5. Mihi, tibi, fibi are common. Alfo ibi, nifi, 

 ubi and quafi ; but thefe laft are more frequently 

 fhort. 



*Note, — Thefe may be loni; by poetic licence, or by pofition ; for the 

 I of Greek cafes is naturally Ihort. Orph^i may be confidered as a 

 daflyl in Virgil. Eil. 4. 57 ; and by fynarefis it is a fpondec in the 

 Georgics, 4- 535 a""* 553- 



1. O crudelis /Ifeii, niiiil mea cariniua curas. Viij. 



I. Pa/Wnitlorea celebrabat Scyros honorem. Stat. 



3. 7Voa«m invideo, qua: fi lacrymofafuorum. Ovid. 



4. Non unquam gravis ire domum mi'/ii dcxtra redibat. Vi^. 



5. Extremum liunc, Artthuli, mih'i concede laburem. Virg. 



5. O final is common ; as quando, Cato, ko, ambo, 0&.0, 

 amo, doceto. 



Virg. 

 Mart. 



X . Arma amens capio, iiec fat rationw in armia. 

 2. Non amo te, fabidi ; nee polTum dicere quare. 



1. Except 'monofyllables, which are long; as 6. 

 pro, do, fto, and prOh, /; not being accounted as a 

 letter. 



2. ' Greek feminines ending in are long ; as Dido, 

 Sappho, Clio. 



3. O final in ' datives and ablatives of the fecond 

 declenfion, is long ; as fomno ; to which add another 

 ablative, as crg5, for the fake of, ergo therefore be- 

 longing to the rule. 



4. Alfo ' Greek cafes, written in the original with 

 omega ; as Androgeo, Atho. 



5. ■• Adverbs formed from nouns have the final long ; 

 as fubito, merito, multo ; > and illo, quo, eo, and their 

 compounds. Alfo citro, mtro, retro, ultro. But 

 the " following are fometimes found fliort, denuc5, idcir- 

 c6, ferd, profeAd, 'poftremd, the conjunftion " ver6, 

 " porro, to which fome add fedulo, crebro, and mutud. 

 '"Modo (ufed adverbially,) and its compounds are 

 fliort ; as quomodo, dummodd, poftmodd. 



6. Though the final of verbs, occafionally by 

 writers of a ' fecondary clafs, and more rarely by thofe 

 of the * Auguftan age, has been made fometimes fliort, / 

 yet its derivation from the Greek omega, and the more 

 general practice of the principal poets, make it long : 

 the of fcio, '■ nefcio, puto, cito, and of the imperative 

 cedo, only, are generally fliort. 



7. The gerund in do, in reality, being nothing elfe 

 than the dative or ablative of the fecond declenfion, 

 is, accordingly, by all authors of the Auguftan age, 

 made long : the ' exceptions to this rule are very few, 

 and only by writers of an inferior clafs. 



8. " Ambo, duo, imo, iUico, ego, generally fliorten 

 o final. 



I. Pr'"* molH viola, ^iry^rpurew narciflb. Virg. 



a. Cliijqus, et Beroe foror, oceantides ambae. Virg. 



3. In foribus latum .^ndro^eo .• turn pendere p<enas. Vir^. 



4. Adde, quod ifte tuus, tarn raro pteelia pafTus. Ovid. 



5. Ufque a./tvii^ times, quern tufacis ipfe timendum ? J_,ucret. 



6. yrff/Vf^gemellum vocitaruntchoriambon. I'erent. 



7. lUcirco certis dimenfum partibus orbem. Virg. 



8. imperium tWnJlTii datum : victoria velox. Claud. 



9. Et Scauros, et Fabncios; pojiremo feveros. Juven. 



10. Quod petirnus : fin ier'"* pieces et di^a fuperbus. Val. Fhc. 



1 1 . Vefter porru labor fecundior hiftoriarum. • Juven. 



12. Hie inter denfas corylos niof/o namque gemellos, Virg. 



13. Horiida Romuleum ctrtamina pan^o duellum. Enn. 



14. f'raHt/co, ^^^'";, caiio, ludo, /af5, c^pn'", quiei*;o. Mart. 



15. Z)/Jt'ro quid fi ftfrtejocoiius, hoc mihi juris. Hor. 



16. Sic ubi m'fft'^ quis Lycia de gente vironjm. Ovid. 



17. Qu^ nolti, Tnedttaiid'j veils inolefcere menti. Aufou. 



18. Piaiterea (/«•/ r.ec tiitl mihi v.-)lle reperti. Virg. 



6. U final is long ; as vultu, cornu, Panthu, diftu, diu- 

 Quo resfumma loco, Panthu ? qu.im prendimus arcem. Virg. 



1. Except ' indii for in, and " nenQ for non, both 

 ufed by Lucretius, the former likewife by others, in 

 compofition, as indtiperator, have the u fliort. 



2. Alfo the u before the elided .r ; as nunciti, plena, 

 for nuncius, plenus. 



I. Indii 



