| Sum with its compounds forming ĕs, Are short, join penĕs, if you please, Item Cyclopĕs Naiadĕs. |
Greek nominatives and plural neuters,
For lists of which consult your tutors.
Is, we call short, as Parĭs, tristĭs,
Save all such words as mensīs, istīs.
Plurals oblique that end in is,
Adding thereto for quibus quīs.
The is in Samnīs long by right is
Because its genitive’s Samnītis,
Where you observe a lengthened state