Chapter 605Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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Perfects and Perfect Participles of two syllables have the first syllable long: as,
iūvī
,
iūtum
(
iŭvō
),
vīdī
,
vīsum
(
vĭdeō
);
fūgī
(
fŭgiō
);
vēnī
(
vĕniō
).
Exceptions.
—
bĭbī
,
dĕdī
,
fĭdī
,
scĭdī
,
stĕtī
,
stĭtī
,
tŭlī
;
cĭtum
,
dătum
,
ĭtum
,
lĭtum
,
quĭtum
,
rătum
,
rŭtum
,
sătum
,
sĭtum
,
stătum
. In some compounds of
stō
,
stātum
is found (long), as
praestātum
.
In reduplicated perfects the vowel of the reduplication is short; the vowel of the following syllable is, also, usually short: as,
cĕcĭdī
(
cădō
),
dĭdĭcī
(
discō
),
pŭpŭgī
(
pungō
),
cŭcŭrrī
(
currō
),
tĕtĕndī
(
tendō
),
mŏmŏrdī
(
mordeō
). But
cĕcīdī
from
caedō
,
pepēdī
from
pēdō
.