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... lunae: nos ubi decidimus quo pius Aeneas,...


decīdo, meaning cut off/down has a long "ī"; decido, meaning here "die off" a short "i". The meter also requires a short "i"; it's second Archilochean, the second line of which has two dactyls.


 
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