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at all so. Lastly, each final _eta_ Greek, Is long on all days of the week-- To wit-- (for thus we render nempe) LethE, AnchisE, cetE, TempE. Those words as long we classify Which end, like _egotists_, in _i_, Rememb'ring mihi, tibi, sibi Are common, so are ubi, ibi; Nis{i} is always short, and quas{i}'s Short also, so are certain cases In i-- Greek vocatives and datives (At least if we may trust the natives;) Making their genitives in os, For instance-- Phyllis, Phyllidos. (A name oft utter'd with a sigh,) Whereof the dative ends in {i}. Words in _l_ ending short are all, Save nIl for nihil, sAl, and sOl, And some few Hebrew words t'were well To cite; as MichaEl, RaphaEl. Your n's are long, save forsit{a}n {I}n, tam{e}n, attam{e}n, and {a}n Veruntam{e}n and fors{a}n, which Are short as any tailor's stitch; These, therefore, we except, and then Contractions "per apocopen"-- As vid{e}n'? m{e}n'? and aud{i}n?-- so in Ex{i}n' and sub{i}n', de{i}n', pro{i}n'. _An_, from a nominative in _a_ Ending a word is short, they say, But every _an_ for long must pass Derived from nominative in as. Nouns, too, in en are short whose finis Doth in the genitive make _inis_. And so are n's that do delight {i}n An _i_ and _y_-- Alex{i}n, It{y}n. Greek words are short I'd have you know, That end in _on_ with little _o_, Common are terminating o's, Cases oblique except from those, Adverbial adjectives as falsO Are long,-- take tantO,-- quantO also; Save mutuo, sedulo, and crebro. Common as vestment vending Hebrew. Mod{o} and quomod{o} among Short o's we rank-- nor to be long. Nor cit{o}, eg{o}, du{o}; no nor Amb{o} and Hom{o} ever prone are; But monosyllables in _o_, Are counted long. Example-- stO. And omega, the whole world over, 'S as long as 'tis from here to Dover. If _r_ should chance a word to wind up, 'Tis short in general, make your mind up; But fAr, lAr, nAr, and vIr, and fUr PAr, compAr, impAr, dispAr, cUr, As long must needs be cited here, With words from Greek that end in er; Though 'mong the Latins from this fate are These two exempted-- pat{e}r, mat{e}r; Short in the final _er_ we state 'em, Namely, "auctoritate vatum." Now, s, the Eton Grammar says, Ends words in just as many ways As there are vowels-- five-- as thus In order, _as_, _es_, _is_, _os_, _us_.
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