QUANTITY. 



». Inila mami validas potis tft modennter li.ibenas. Lucret. 



a. Nftiii qutunt rapidi contra conllare leoncs. JLucret. 



3. V:cimus O focii, et magiiam ;)ugiia«im« pugnam. Eiiu. 



7. Y final is (liort ; as Moly, Tipliy, Chely, Tcthy. 



Afo//7 vocaiu fiipcri. Ovid. 



Except when y is .1 contraftion, as in Tcthy, iii- 

 Jlead of Tethyi, the dative, it is long by the general 

 rule for crafis. 



Quam Tc/liy lonjinqua dies, Glaucoquc rcpoftim. Val. Hac. 



8, Latin words ending in B fhorten the preceding 

 vowel ; foreign words lengthen it, as ilb, Ob, Job, Jacob. ' 



Magnus iib integro fec'lorum naftitur ordo. Virg. 



g. Final C lengt'hens the preceding vowel ; as ac, sic, hie, 

 (adverb), due, illuc, &c. 



Stc oculos, si€ ille nianu-J, a'lc ora ferehat. Virg. 



1. Except that nee and donee are {hort, as alio the 

 imperative fac* 



2. Hie and hoc of the nominative and accufative, 

 are common. 



• Two pafTagos quoted from incorreiSt copies of Ovid, to prove _/ac long, 

 in lietter editions appear facito and fctce ; lb that, according to the opinion 

 of Alvarez, it is fafer to confider fac as (hort. 



1. Parve, net invideo, fine me, liber ibis in urbem. Ovid. 



2. />iict' eris feliN, multosnumerabis amicus. Ovid. 



3. Signa rarius, aut femel/i/c ilhid. Mart. 



4. Hie vir, /uc eli, tibi quern promitti fxpius audis. Virg. 



5. Hie yladio fidens, /lie acer et arduus halta. Virg. 



10. Final D, in Latin words, Ihortens the preceding 

 vowel ; in foreign words it lengthens it ; as quid, ad, apild, 

 illad, scd, David. 



Ipfe docet iju'id agam. Fas eft et '"6 ho^e doccri. Ovid. 



11. Final L (hortens the preceding vowel: as mel, fcl, 

 pol, fimiil, femcl, nihil, consdl. 



Innocui veniant : jirociii hinc, prociil impius efto. Ovid. 



1. Except that Hebrew words are generally long; 

 as Daniel, Nabal, Saul. 



2. Sal, fol, and nil, are long. 



1. Non sttly oxyporumve cafeufve. .Stat. 



2. Omnia fub pedibus, qua 5u/ utrumque recurrens. Virg. 



3. iV^/ ojiis externcecupiens, ni/ iiidiga laudis. Claud. 



12. Final M was, anciently, (hort, and was not, as now, 

 elided when followed by a vowel. 



Infignita fcrt- turn miUia viilitum 0(£to. Enn. 



It is fhort in c'lrcum, in compofition with words be- 

 ginning with a vowel, as ' circilmeo, '' circOmago. 



1. Cujus non heder^ r;>rSm/iTe caput. Propert. 



2. Quo te tirciimagos f qua? prima aut ultima ponas } Juven. 



13. Final N lengthens the preceding vowel ; as en, fplen, 

 quin, noiv, sin, ren. Pan, Salamin, Orion, Titan. 



Merfit et ardentes Oiim aureus ignes. Manil. 



1. Except nouns ending in ' en, which have tnis, (liort, 

 in the genitive ; as carmen-inis, tegmen-inis. 



2. Alfo nouns in ' on of the lingular number, from 

 the Greek ^omicron), and which, in Latin, are of 

 the fecond declenfion ; as IHon, Pylon. 



3. N is (hort in the accufatives of Greek nouns, 

 having the final fyllable of their nominative (hort ; 

 as Majiin, jEginin, Orphean, Alexin, Ibin, Chelyn, 

 Ityn. 



Vol. XXIX. 



4. Alfo Sn, Kn, forsSn, forfitSn, tam£n, attamSn, 

 veruntamfin, Tidcn', fatin', have n (hort. 



1. Addunt et titulum ; titulus breve carmitji habebat. Ovid. 



2. Lawdabunt alii claram lilwilon, aut iVlitjlenen. Hnr. 

 ^, Tantaque nox animi eft, Itpn hue arcelfitc, dixit. Ovid. 



4. Mittitc j/urjuK et hxc olim meminilTe jav.ibit. Virg. 



5. ForJHiin et, I'riami fuerint qux fata, requiras. Virg. 



6. Educct. f^iden' ut giimina: ftcnt vertice criftx. Virg. 



14. Final R (liortens the preceding vowel ; as vIr, pufir, 

 ti-r, tim(3r, calcflr, Hamilciir, amamur, audiuntttr. 



'I'um/ia/"Tomnipotens niifTo prrfregit Olynipum. OviJ. 



1. Except ' Greek nouns, and ' iuch as have eris, 

 long, in the genitive ; as crater, (later, ver, Recimer, 

 ' Iber-eris ; but " Celtiber', the compound of Iber, has 

 the penultimate common. 



2. Alfo '' aer and aether, though they increafe 

 fhort in the genitive. 



3. And 'far, " lar, 'nar, '°cur, "fur, and '^ par, 

 with its '^ compounds, compar, impar, difpar. 



I . Crater auratis furjit criatus ab aftris. Manil. 



a. ^cr erat .-etevnum, placidique tepcmibus auris. Ovid. 



3. Si tibi durus ;;•(■)•, aut fi tihi terga deoiffet. Lucan. 



4. Nunc Cdlilcr in CcUiHria terrS. Catul. 



5. Ducitad aurifcrasquodme falo Cc/<iKr oras. Mart. 



6. Inde mare, inde acr, iude leUiir ignifer ipfe. Lucret. 



7. J^iir cr.it, et puri lucida mica Talis. Ovid. 



8. Exagitant et Lur, et turba Diania fures. Ovid. 



9. Sullurea A'iir albus aqui, fontefque Velini. Virg. 



10. Multa quidem di.xi, t«r cxcufatus abirem. Hot. 



11. Callidus eftraaa nummosy"")- auferet urea. Mart. 



12. Ludere ;).«•, im;)(7r, equitare in arundine longa. Hor. 



A'ote. — Cor long is attributed to Ovid, but the line in which it is faid 

 to be thus found, is read differently in corre<3ed editions; the 

 fame remark is applicable to vir; as 



1. Molle meum levibufque cir eft violablle telis. Ovid. 



2. De grege nunc tibi w>, nunc de gregc natushabendus. Ovid. 



Thus correifted, lir is long merely by pofition. 



15. Words ending in AS, lengthen the final fyllable ; 

 as mas, vas, eras, fas, amas, faras, pietas, Thomas, Mufas. 



Has autem terras, Italique hanclittoris oram — Virg. 



1. Greek nouns in as are (hort, which make the ge- 

 Hitive in^an'ox or adis, as Areas, Pallas, Lampas, Ilias: 

 to wliich add the noun Anils, and Latin nouns in as, 

 formed after the manner of Greek patronymics j as 

 Appias. 



2. Alfo the final as of Greek accufatives plural 

 of the third declenfion is (hort ; as crateris, 1am- 

 pad;\s, Troas, Cyclopes, heroas, heroidas, HeClorSs, 

 &c. 



I. Bellica Pa/W.'iadeft, etprotegitagidefratrem. Ovid, 



a. Et pi6tis a7i«.!i enovata pennis. Petron. 



3. .^/tjOiV/5 expreifis ;icra pullat aquis. Ovid. 



4. iV«/r/«A his venam, qus nunquam arefccre pnlTet — Ovid, 



16. Words ending in ES lengthen that fyllable ; as res, 

 fpes, vulpes, quies, hseres, efscs, Anchises, toties, lo- 

 cuples. 



/"^K/^Jsadccnam diciturciconi.im. Phadr. 



1. ' The nouns and vocatives plural of Greek nouns 

 increafing (not in so;) fliort in the fingular, are (liort ; 

 Ss Amazonc-s, Arcades, Delphines, Naiades, Gryph&, 

 Phryges. 



2. To which may be added Greek vocatives fingu- 

 lar in es, coming from nominatives in es, not formed 

 fromea^ of the Doric dialect, and having their genitive 

 'n cos ; as Demolthenes, Socrates. 



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