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... single foot , or a dipodia ; in Iambic , Trochaic and Anapaestic verse , a metre consists of a dipodia , being the first , or any subsequent , pair of feet in a line : e.g. 39 40 ( 1 ) Homunculi | quanti sunt , xvi INTRODUCTION .
... single foot , or a dipodia ; in Iambic , Trochaic and Anapaestic verse , a metre consists of a dipodia , being the first , or any subsequent , pair of feet in a line : e.g. 39 40 ( 1 ) Homunculi | quanti sunt , xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... ( Trochaic . ) ( 3 ) Emi hosce homines ; | ubi quisque uident . ( Anapaestic . ) In Dactylic , Cretic and Bacchiac verse a metre consists of a single foot ; e.g. ( 4 ) Tityre , | tu patulae_recuļbans sub | tegmine | fagi . ( Dactylic ...
... ( Trochaic . ) ( 3 ) Emi hosce homines ; | ubi quisque uident . ( Anapaestic . ) In Dactylic , Cretic and Bacchiac verse a metre consists of a single foot ; e.g. ( 4 ) Tityre , | tu patulae_recuļbans sub | tegmine | fagi . ( Dactylic ...
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... Trochaic , Cretic and Dactylic it falls on the first part . Thus there are two distinct and opposite kinds of verse , that in which the feet begin with the thesis ( rising rhythm ) , and that in which they begin with the arsis ( falling ...
... Trochaic , Cretic and Dactylic it falls on the first part . Thus there are two distinct and opposite kinds of verse , that in which the feet begin with the thesis ( rising rhythm ) , and that in which they begin with the arsis ( falling ...
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... trochaic , in double measure as tetrameters , concluding the set with a septenarius or shorter catalectic line ; e.g. Aul . 713 sqq . These octonarii are governed by the same rules as the septenarii . III . BACCHIAC . This metre , which ...
... trochaic , in double measure as tetrameters , concluding the set with a septenarius or shorter catalectic line ; e.g. Aul . 713 sqq . These octonarii are governed by the same rules as the septenarii . III . BACCHIAC . This metre , which ...
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... TROCHAIC . The trochaic septenarius , or catalectic tetrameter , was , like the iambic septenarius , called uersus quadratus by the Romans , cf. Gell . II . 29 . It probably arose from a cretic being prefixed to the Iambic Senarius ; at ...
... TROCHAIC . The trochaic septenarius , or catalectic tetrameter , was , like the iambic septenarius , called uersus quadratus by the Romans , cf. Gell . II . 29 . It probably arose from a cretic being prefixed to the Iambic Senarius ; at ...
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