R A Brown skrev:
> Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
>> Could someone please help me mark out the quantities in this
>> Latin line?
>>
>>>
>>> Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio,
>>> sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
>>>
>>
>> I think it should be
>>
>> O:di: et amo:. Qua:re: id faciam, fortasse requi:ris.
>> Nescio:, sed fieri: sentio: et excrucior.
>
> Yep, the vowel lengths are fine. But like that it doesn't scan! Also,
> Cattulus keeps the -o at the end of 'Nescio' short ;)
[snip excellent explanation of the metrics]
Milia gratiae!
/BP -- once proudly owned by a cat by the name of Cattulus
(sic! :-)