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They are always counted as short, two syllables may stand instead of one per liquidum mare sudantes | ditem vexarant. or the unaccented syllable may be altogether omitted, as in the second half of the line "ditem vexarant." In a line of Naevius "Runcus atque Purpureus | filii terras." we have in Purpureus an instance of accent dominating over quantity.
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