fierem.

d) In a few other words, especially words derived from the Greek; as,
dius, Aeneas, Darius, heroes, etc.

2. A diphthong is usually long (Sec. 5, B, 2), but the preposition prae in
composition is often shortened before a vowel; as, praeacutus.

3. A syllable containing a short vowel followed by two consonants (Sec. 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, pro segete spicas.

4. Compounds of jacio, though written inicit, adicit, etc., have the first
syllable long, as though written inj-, adj-.

5. Before j, a and e made a long syllable, e.g. in major, pejor, ejus,
ejusdem, Pompejus, rejecit, etc. These were pronounced, mai-jor, pei-jor,
ei-jus, Pompei-jus, rei-jecit, etc. So also sometimes before i, e.g.
Pompe-i, pronounced Pompei-i; re-icio, pronounced rei-icio.

Quantity of Final Syllables.

_A. Final Syllables ending in a Vowel._

363. 1. Final a is mostly short, but is long:--

a) In the Ablative Singular of the First Declension; as, porta.

b) In the Imperative; as, lauda.

c) In indeclinable words (except ita, quia); as, triginta, contra,
postea, interea, etc.

2. Final e is usually short, but is long:--

a) In the Ablative Singular of the Fifth Declension; as, die, re; hence
hodie, quare. Here belongs also fame (Sec. 59, 2, b).

b) In the Imperative of the Second Conjugation; as, mone, habe, etc.; yet
occasionally cave, vale.

c) In Adverbs derived from Adjectives of the Second Declension, along
with fere and ferme. Bene, male, temere, saepe have e.

d) In e, de, me, te, se, ne (_not_, _lest_), ne (_verily_).

3. Final i is usually long, but is short in nisi and quasi. Mihi, tibi,
sibi, ibi, ubi, have regularly i, but sometimes i; yet always ibidem,
ibique, ubique.

4. Final o is regularly long, but is short:--

a) In ego, duo, modo (_only_), cito.

b) Rarely in the First Person Singular of the Verb, and in Nominatives of
the Third Declension; as, amo, leo.

c) In a few compounds beginning with the Preposition pro, especially
before f; as profundere, proficisci, profugere.

5. Final u is always long.

_B. Final Syllables ending in a Consonant._

364. 1. Final syllables ending in any other consonant than s are short. The
following words, however, have a long vowel: sal, sol, Lar, par, ver, fur,
dic, du