Yet the i may be short in poetry; as, ill?us, t??t?us.
b) In the Genitive and Dative Singular of the Fifth Declension; as, di?“?«,
aci?“?«. But fid?•?«, r?•?«, sp?•?« (?§ 52, 1).
c) In f?«??, excepting fit and forms where i is followed by er. Thus:
f?«?“bam, f?«at, f?«unt; but f?er?«, f?erem.
d) In a few other words, especially words derived from the Greek; as,
d?«us, Aen?“??s, D??r?«us, h?“r??es, etc.
2. A diphthong is usually long (?§ 5, B, 2), but the preposition prae in
composition is often shortened before a vowel; as, pr???•ac?«tus.
3. A syllable containing a short vowel followed by two consonants (?§ 5, B,
2) is long, even when one of the consonants is in the following word; as,
terret populum. Occasionally the syllable is long when both consonants are
in the following word; as, pr?? segete sp?«c??s.
4. Compounds of jaci??, though written inicit, adicit, etc., have the first
syllable long, as though written inj-, adj-.
5. Before j, ?? and ?• made a long syllable, e.g. in major, pejor, ejus,
ejusdem, Pompejus, rej?“cit, etc. These were pronounced, mai-jor, pei-jor,
ei-jus, Pompei-jus, rei-j?“cit, etc. So also sometimes before i, e.g.
Pompe-?«, pronounced Pompei-?«; re-ici??, pronounced rei-ici??.
Quantity of Final Syllables.
_A. Final Syllables ending in a Vowel.
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