Chapter 012 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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Words of two syllables are accented on the first syllable: as, Rō'ma , fi'dēs , tan'gō .

Words of more than two syllables are accented on the Penult The Penult is the last syllable but one; the Antepenult, the last but two. if that is long (as, amī'cus , monē'tur , contin'git ); otherwise on the Antepenult (as, do'mĭnus , a'lăcris , dissociā'bĭlis ).

When an enclitic is joined to a word, the accent falls on the syllable next before the enclitic, whether long or short: as, dĕă'que , ămārĕ've , tĭbĭ'ne , ită'que ( and ... so ), as distinguished from i'tăque ( therefore ). So (according to some) ex'inde , ec'quandō , etc.

Exceptions:

Certain apparent compounds of faciō retain the accent of the simple verb: as, benefă'cit , calefă'cit (see § 266 . a ). These were not true compounds, but phrases. In the second declension the genitive and vocative of nouns in -ius and the genitive of those in -ium retain the accent of the nominative: as, Cornē'lī , Vergi'lī , inge'nī (see § 49 . c ). Certain words which have lost a final vowel retain the accent of the complete words: as, illī'c for illī'ce , prōdū'c for prōdūce , sati'n for sati'sne .

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