9. The tetrameter meiurus or Faliscan consists of the last four feet of the hexameter meiurus; as, Falcě rů bōs fíli cemque rě secāt. Boeth. 10. The tetrameter acephalous is the tetrameter a posteriore wanting the first semifoot; as, Qui se volet essě po tentēm, Boeth. 11. The tetrameter catalectic is the tetrameter a priore wanting the last semifoot; as, Nostrá děļūs cănět | harmonijā. Prudent. 12. The dactylic trimeter consists of the last three feet of a hexameter; as, 1 Grāto Pyrrhă sub | antrō. Horat. 13. The trimeter catalectic, or Archilochian penthemimer, is a heroic penthemimeris, or the first five half feet of a hexameter; but the first two feet are most commonly dactyles; as, Pulvis ět umbră su mūs. Horat. 14. The dactylic dimeter, or Adonic, consists of two feet, a dactyle and a spondee; as, Risit ǎ pōllō. ANAPESTIC MEASURES.. Horat. 15. The anapestic measure consists of two anapests; as, Ulūlās sě cănēs. Seneca. The first foot in this measure was frequently changed to a dactyle or a spondee, and the second foot often to a spondee, and in a few instances to a dactyle. The anapestic dimeter consists of two anapestic meas ures; as, Phărětræ que grăvēs||dǎtë sæ vă fĕrō. Seneca. 16. The anapestic dimeter catalectic consists of three feet, of which the first and second are anapests or spondees and the third an anapest, followed by a long syllable; as, Utinam modo nos tră rědi rent. IAMBIC MEASURES. Boeth. 17. The iambic trimeter or senarius consists of three iambic measures or six iambic feet; as, Suis et ipsă Rō mă virĭbūs | ruit. Horat. The pure iambic measure was seldom used by the Latin poets. To give to this metre greater slowness and dignity, they introduced spondees into the first, third and fifth feet; and in every foot except the last, which was always an iambus, a long syllable was often changed into two short syllables, so that an anapest or a dactyle was often used for a spondee, and a tribrac for an iambus, and, sometimes, a proceleusmatic was found in the first foot; as, Quo quō | scělēstī răitīs aût | cur dēx tĕris. Horat. The writers of comedy, satire, and fables, admitted the spondee, or a foot equal to it, into the second and fourth feet, as well as the first, third and fifth, and a proceleusmatic in the first foot; as, Tuo pala to clausus pavo pas citur. Petron, Amit tit mēri to proprium qui ǎli ēnum āp|pētīt. 18. The scazon, or choliambus, or lame iambic, is the iambic trimeter with a spondee in the sixth foot, and generally an iambus in the fifth; as, Cur in theatrum Căto | sevērě vēnīsti? Mart. 19. The iambic tetrameter, or octonarius, or quadratus, a measure used by the comic poets, consists of four iambie measures or eight iambic feet, subject to the same variations as the iambic trimeter; as, Nunc hic dies | ǎliam | vitam affert, ălilōs mō rēs Terent. 20. The iambic tetrameter catalectic, or Hipponactic, is the iambic tetrameter, deprived of its last syllable, and always having an iambus in the seventh foot; as, Déprēn să nā vis în | mări | vēsā|nĭēn❘tě vēn❘to. Catull 21. The iambic trimeter catalectic, or Archilochian, is the iambic trimeter with an iambus in the fifth foot, and wanting the final syllable in the sixth foot; as, Vocatus at que non | vocatus audit. Horat. 22. The iambic dimeter consists of two iambic measures or four iambic feet, but it admits the same variations as the iambic trimeter; as, Forti sequē mūr pēc tŏrē. Canidiă tractavit | dăpēs. Vidē rě propě räntes | domum. Horat. 23. The iambic dimeter hypermeter is the iambic dimeter, with the third foot generally a spondee, and having an odd syllable after the fourth foot; as, Vēnā tor in campis | nivālis. Horat. 24. The iambic dimeter acephalous is the iambic dimeter, having most commonly an iambus in every foot, and always wanting the first syllable; as, Truditur dies | die. Horat. 25. The iambic dimeter catalectic, or Anacreontic, is the dimeter iambic, wanting the final syllable, and having an iambus in the third foot; as, Lex hæc dita est | cădulcis, Prudentius. 26. The Galliambus consists of two catalectic dimeters, having, in general, a spondee or an anapest in the first foot of the first dimeter, and a tribrac in the second foot of the second dimeter, the final syllable of the second dimeter being omitted; as, Super altă vectus altýs||cělĕri | rătě mă rĭā. TROCHAIC MEASURES. Catull. 27. The most common trochaic metre is the tetrameter or octonarius catalectic, and it consists of seven feet followed by an odd syllable, the last foot being always a trochee, while most of the other feet are liable to the same variations as the feet in iambic measures; as, Pulchriļūs mūl to pă|rāri | quam crě|āri | nōbillēm. Auson. Dănăi des colitě | vēstrās | hic dilēs quæ rīt mănūs. Seneca. 28. The Sapphic verse, invented by the poetess Sappho, consists of five feet, the first a trochee, the second a spondee and sometimes a trochee, the third a dactyle, and the fourth and fifth trochees; as, Cæteris mājōr tibi | mīlēs | impăr. 1 Horat. The strophe or stanza, in which Sappho composed her verses, consists of three Sapphic verses followed by an adonic: its elegance and sweetness made it popular among the Latin poets, and caused it to be often introduced into their elegiac verses. 29. The Phalacian or hendecasyllabic verse consists of five feet, the first of which is generally a spondee, though it is sometimes an iambus or a trochee, the second a dactyle, and the three others trochees; as, Non est vivěrě | sed vällerě | vită. Martial. 30. The trochaic dimeter consists of four feet, the first and two last of which are always trochees, and the second a trochee, spondee, dactyle, or anapest; as, Non făcit quod optǎt ipse Ore torvo comminantes. CHORIAMBIC MEASURES. Boeth. 31. The choriambic pentameter consists of a spondee, three choriambi, and an iambus; as,' Ætās carpe diem | quam minimum | crēdŭlă pōstěrō. Horat. 32. The choriambic tetrameter consists of three choriambi or feet of equal length, followed by a bacchic; as, Claud. Cui résĕrātă mūgiūnt | aūrĕă claustră mundi. Serenus 33. The Alcaic epichoriambic tetrameter acatalectic con sists of the second epitrit, two choriambi, and a bacchic; as, Te deōs ōrō Sỹbărin | cūr propĕrēs | ămāndō. Horat. 34. The Asclepiadic tetrameter, invented by the poet Asclepiades, consists of a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus; as, Maecenas ǎtǎvis | ēdítě rēgĭbūs., Horat. The first foot of this verse is sometimes a dactyle; as, Effugium et miserōs | liběră mōrs | vocet. Seneca. This method of scanning the Asclepiadic may be considered as the most correct it has, however, been sometimes scanned in a different manner, the first foot being made a spondee, the second a dactyle followed by an odd syllable, and the last two feet dactyles; as, Mæcē nās ǎtǎ vis | ēdítě | rēgībŭs. Horat. 35. The choriambic trimeter or Glyconic consists of three feet, the first a spondee, an iambic, or a trochee, the second a choriambus, and the third an iambic; as, 36. The choriambic trimeter catalectic or Pherecratic is the Glyconic deprived of its final syllable, and sometimes having an anapest in the first foot; as, 38. The ionic a majore or Sotadic consists of three ionics a majore and a spondee: the ionic feet are, however, frequently changed into dichorees, and a long syllable into two short syllables; as, Vōcāliă | quædam měmo rānt cōnsănă | quædām. Terentian. Hās cum gěmi na compědě | dedicat că tēnās, |
