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Terence, therefore, has made use of both, as when he says, eho tu cognatum tuum non noras? and afterwards, Stilphonem, inquam, noveras? Thus also, fiet is a perfect verb, and fit a contracted one; and accordingly we find in the same Comedian, Quam cara SINTQUE post carendo intelligunt, and Quamque attinendi magni dominatus SIENT.
XLVII. What am I to say is the reason why they forbid us to say nôsse, judicâsse, and enjoin us to use novisse and judicavisse? as if we did not know that in words of this kind it is quite correct to use the word at full length, and quite in accordance with usage to use it in its contracted form. And so Terence does use both forms, and says, "Eho, tu cognatum tuum non nôras?"
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