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 1       1, XVIII | without aspirating the first syllable of “hominem” [“ominem,”
 2      10, XXII  |     since I saw that?” “This syllable is twice as long as that
 3      10, XXII  |    long as that single short syllable.” These words we say and
 4      10, XXVI  |    that the length of a long syllable is measured by the length
 5      10, XXVI  |     by the length of a short syllable and thus say that the long
 6      10, XXVI  |   and thus say that the long syllable is double. So also we measure
 7      10, XXVI  |    feet by the length of the syllable, and the length of the long
 8      10, XXVI  |    syllables; this is a long syllable because it is twice the
 9      10, XXVI  |      stanza, or a foot, or a syllable. From this it appears to
10      10, XXVII |       then, I measure a long syllable by a short one, and I find
11      10, XXVII |     sounding? That same long syllable I do not measure as present,
12      10, XXVII |  measure? Where is the short syllable by which I measure? Where
13      10, XXVII |   can be trusted - that this syllable is single and that syllable
14      10, XXVII |  syllable is single and that syllable double. And I could not
15      10, XXVIII|    it and in each individual syllable. This also holds in the