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————;§ 158 PROSODY.—QUANTITY. 809812.—EXPLANATION.—All the increments of the singular remain inthe plural, and to these the plural increment is added. The rule here given,applies to the plural increments only, and not to the increments of the singularin the plural. Thus, mithilribus from iter, the second and third syllablesare increments of the singular, to be found in itineris j the fourth isthe plural increment, which comes under this rule.§ 158. INCREMENT OF VERBS.813.—A verb is said to increase when it has more syllables in anypart, than in the second person singular, of the present indicative, activeas. ctmaSj enrtdtis, amabatis, &e.—A verb in the active voice may have threeincrements, imd in the passive four. If there is but one increment, it isthe syllable next the last. If there are two, the second increment is thesyllable next the last, and the first the syllable preceding that, efce. ; thus,1 12 12 3a-mas,—am-a-mus,—arn-a-ba-mus,—am-av-er-a-mus,