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The principles of Latin grammar; comprising the ... - Essan.org

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;§ 3 SYLLABLES. 723.— Accent is a special stress or force <strong>of</strong> voice on a particular syllable <strong>of</strong> a word, by which that syllable is distinguishedfrom <strong>the</strong> rest.Every word <strong>of</strong> more than one syllable has an accent ; as Deus, homo,dom'mus, tolerdbilis.<strong>The</strong> last syllable <strong>of</strong> a word never has <strong>the</strong> accent. In a word <strong>of</strong> twosyllables, <strong>the</strong> accent is always on <strong>the</strong> first. In a word <strong>of</strong> three or moresyllables, if <strong>the</strong> penult is long, <strong>the</strong> acceut is on <strong>the</strong> penult ; as, sermonis,amaremus ; but if <strong>the</strong> penult is short, <strong>the</strong> accent is on <strong>the</strong> antepenult ; as,fan I is, ducere, pectoris, pectoribus.24.—An enclitic syllable {que, ve, ne,

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