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—;306 PEOSODY.—QUANTITY. § 156-7SPECIAL RULES.§ 156. FIRST AND MIDDLE SYLLABLES.790. Rule VI. Preterites of two syllables lengthen theformer ; as. veni, vldi, vici.791.Exc. 1. Those which are short by Rule I; as, rui, lui, (fee.Exc. 2. Seven have the first syllable short ; viz : bibi, dedi, fidi (fromfindo), scidi, steti, stiti, and tuli.792, Rule VII. Preterites which double the first syllable,shorten the first and second; as, cecidt, tefigi, pepuli, &c, fromeddo, tango, pello.Exc. Cecldi, from ccedo ; and pepedi, have the second long.793. Rule VIII. Supines of two syllables lengthen theformer ; as, casum, motum, visum, from eddo, moveo, video,794. Exc. Ten have the first syllable short; viz: cxtum (from cieo),datum, itum, litum,— quitum, ratum, rutum, satum, — situm, and statum.795. Rule IX. In polysyllables, a, e, and u, are long beforeturn, of the Supine ; as, ainatum, deletum, indutum.796. Rule X. In polysyllables, i is short before turn, ofthe Supine ;as, momtum. I is long in divlsum.797.——Exc. But Supines in Itum, from preterites in ivi, have i longas, cuplvi, cupltum ;798.audlvi, audltum, &a.Obs. Recenseo has recensltum, from ui in the preterite, becauseoriginally from censio, censlvi. Eo and its compounds have i short ; as,itum, redltum,