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[Foxmoth]

I am unable to scan a line of this poem: quandoquidem fortuna mihi tête abstulit ipsum. The long u of fortuna seems to make things difficult. Any ideas?

 

[Agrippa]

quāndŏquĭdēm fōrtūnă mĭhī tēt(e) ābstŭlĭt īpsum

tēt(e) ābstŭlĭt] elision

 

[Foxmoth]

quāndŏquĭdēm fōrtūnă mĭhī tēt(e) ābstŭlĭt īpsum

tēt(e) ābstŭlĭt] elision

Many thanks. Looks better than my attempt. Is not the o of quando naturally long?

 

[Agrippa]

... Is not the o of quando naturally long?

Yes, ‚normally‘ it is,
but cf. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=quandoquidem
and
http://latindiscussion.com/forum/threads/shortening-of-final-ō.32046/