A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges

by George Martin Lane

([b.]) quadrāgintā; many indeclinable words are ablatives: as, contrā, iūxtā, ([707]). The indeclinable heia, ita, and quia ([701]), have short a.

([c.]) Imperat. locā ([845]). But puta, for instance, has short a ([130, 4]).

[2439.] (b.) Final a is long in some Greek nominatives and vocatives: as, N. Ēlectrā; V. Aenēā, Pallā.

Exceptions in e.

[2440.] (a.) Final e is long in cases of nouns with stems in -ē- ([596]), in adverbs from stems in -o-, and in the imperative singular active of verbs in -ēre: as,

([a.]) diē (G., D., or Ab.), hodiē, prīdiē; see also [603].

([b.]) altē ([705]); also ferē, fermē and ohē or ōhē; but e is always short in bene and male; īnferne and superne.

([c.]) docē ([845]); for cave, see [130, 4].

[2441.] (b.) Final e is long in the endings of some Greek nouns: as, N. crambē, Circē; V. Alcīdē; Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. cētē, melē, pelagē, tempē.

Exceptions in o.