5. This influence of the chief accent affects also combinations of two monosyllabic words which make an iambus, and combinations like ego illi, age ergo, in which the second syllable of the second word is elided. Trin. 354,
‘Is ĕst inmunis, quoí nihil est qui múnus fungatúr suom’;
Trin. 133,
‘Non égo ĭlli argentum rédderem? Non rédderes’;
Stich. 237,
‘Adíbo ad hominem. Quís haĕc est quae advorsúm venit?’
6. The chief accent could also affect a preceding syllable. In polysyllables or polysyllabic combinations, when the chief accent was on the third syllable, the second syllable, if long, could be shortened, provided the first syllable were short. Trin. 456,
‘Ferĕntárium esse amícum inventum intéllego’;
Stich. 59,
‘Néc volŭntate id fácere meminit,’ etc.;