Quick scansion question
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Quick scansion question
Do "ai" and "oi" scan long or short? I'm rather confused on this - is it variable perchance?
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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yes, as Eureka states, they are long by nature. they can undergo correption, as once again mentioned by E., in Homer as well as later writers in epic or Ionic style verse. curiously, however, they appear to have been regarded as short in nature in terms of determining a given word's accent, excepting that is the optative forms.
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