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Striduja coniferi modulantur carmina rami.
Striduja coniferi modulantur carmina rami.
Latin - Bradley - Key to Exercises in Latin Prosody and Versification
Common.
PART III.
VERSIFICATION.
CHAPTER I.
CMSU? RA.
1.
1. A division or separation of a foot, occasion-
ed by the syllables, of which it is composed, be-
longing to different words. 2. Yes. 3. It
connects with each other the different words, of
which a line is composed, and gives to it smooth-
ness and harmony. 4. Three, the syllabic, the
trochaic, and the monosyllabic.
2.
1. The syllabic caesura is that, in which the
first part of the divided foot consists of the last
syllable of a word. 2. That, in which the first part
of the divided foot consists either of a long and
short syllable remaining at the end of a word, or
of an entire word comprised of one long and one
short syllable. 3. That, in which the first syllable
of the divided foot is a monosyllable. 4. Three.
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3.
1. Syllabic. 2. The syllabic. 3. Its three
first half feet. 4. The five first half feet, con-
cluding with the last syllable in Procul.
4.
1. Nine in the ennehiraeris and seven in the
hephthemimeris. 2. In the second, third, fourth,
and sometimes in the fifth foot. 3. In either of
the first five feet. 4. In the second and third,
and in the third and fourth feet.
5.
1. Because two successive trochaic caesuras
occur in the second and third feet of the first line,
and in the third and fourth feet of the second
verse. 2. It has not a caesura in either of the
first four feet. 3. No. 4. No.
6.
1. Of a word of sufficient length to complete
the foot, and to leave a caesural syllable. 2. In
the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth feet.
3. Always in the fourth, and generally in the se-
cond foot. 4. When there is a caesura in the third.
7.
1. The trochaic. 2. It has a syllabic caesura
in the sixth foot. 3. In the third foot. 4. In
the foot preceding the final syllable in the second-
hemistich.
8.
1; A syllabic caesura. 2. When the preceding
word is a monosyllable. 3. By a word of four
or more syllables. 4. The last vowel of the ad-
jective Gravia.
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9.
Ovid. Met. XV, 192.
Ipse dei clypeus terra cu`m tollitur ima^,
Mane rubet ; terra^que rubet cu`m conditur ima^.
10.
Claudian. In Ruf. I, 52.
En, proles antiqua redit ; concordia, virtus,
Cumque fide pietas alta^ cervice vagantur.
11.
Virgil. JEneid. XI, 137-
Robora nee cuneis, et olentem scindere cedrum,
Nec plaustris cessant vectare gementibus oraos.
12.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. I, 198.
Sponte tuus florebit ager cessante juvenco ;
Ditior oblatas mirabitur incola messes.
IS.
Juvenal. XII, 50.
Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam,
Sed, vitio ceeci, propter patrimonia vivunt.
14.
Ovid. Fast. II, 49? .
Sol fugit, et removent subeuntia nubila coelum,
Et gravis, effusis, de? cidit imber, aquis.
15.
Propert. Cynth. I, Eleg. I, 37-
Quad si quis monitis tardas adverterit aures,
Heu, referet quanto verba dolore mea !
16.
Ovid. Heroid. XIX, 183.
Arte laboratae vincuntur ab aequore puppes.
Tu tua plu`s remis brachia posse pu^tes ?
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? 12 CESURA.
17.
Tibull. II, Eleg. 'I, 13.
Casta placent superis ; pura` cum veste venite,
Et manibus puris sumite fantis aquam.
18.
Ovid. Met. XV, 156.
Corpora sive rogus flamma^, seu tabe vetustas
Abstulerit, mala posse pati non ulla putetis.
19.
Virgil. Mne? d. XI, 425.
Multa dies, variusque labor mutabilis aevi,
Rettulit in melius ; multos alterna revisens
Lusit, et in solido rursus fortuna locavit.
20.
Virgil. Georg. I, 71.
Alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,
Et segnem patie^re situ durescere campum;
Aut ibi flava seres, mutato sidere, farra.
21.
latean. Ill, 399.
Lucus erat longo nunquam violatus ab aevo,
Obscurum cingens connexis aera ramis,
Et gelidas, alte summotis solibus, umbras.
22.
Tibull. I, Eleg. XI, 45.
Interea pax arva colat ; pax candida primu`m
Duxit araturos sub juga curva boves.
Pace bidens vomerque nitent ; at tristia duri
Militis in tenebris occupat arma situs.
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23.
Homt. I, Epist. II, 47.
Non domus et fundus, non aei? is acervus et auri.
iEgroto domini deduxit corpore febres,
Non animo curas. Valeat possessor oportet,
Si comportatis rebus bene cogitat uti.
24.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. J, 201.
. Hi^c sedes augusta deae, templique colendi
"Religiosa silex, deiisis quam pinus obumbrat
Frondibus, et nulla lucos agitante procellu?
,
Striduja coniferi modulantur carmina rami.
CHAPTER IL
ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS. . .
l.
Ovid. Heroid. XIV, Ab.
Non ego falsa loquar : ter acutum sustulit ensem,
Ter male sublato recidit ense manus.
2.
Ovid. Heroid. XIV, 49.
Sed timor et pietas crudelibus obstitit ausis,
Castaque mandatum dextra refugit opus.
3.
Ovid. Heroid. XIV, 17.
Cor pavet admonitu temerata e sanguine noctis,
Et subitus dextra? praepedit ossa tremor.
4.
Tibull. II, Eleg. I, 89-
Po? stque venit tacitus, fuscis circumdatus alis,
Somnus, et incerto somnia vana pede.
?
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5.
Ovid. Fast. I, 73.
Lite vacent aures, insanaque protinus absint
Jurgia: differ opus, li? vida lingua, tuum.
6.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. II, 357.
Navita non morilur fluctu, non cuspide miles :
O? ppida, funerei, pollent, immunia lethi.
7.
Juvenal. XI, 180.
Conditor Iliados cantabitur, atque Maronis
Altisoni, dubiam facientia, carmina, palmam.
8.
Virgil. JEneid. XI, 762.
Qua se cunque furens medio tulit agmine virgo,
? ? ? Aruns subit, et tacitus vestigia lustrat.
9.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. I, 76.
Tunc Maia^ genitum, qui fervida dicta reportet,
Imperat acciri. Cyllenius astitit ales,
Somniferam quatiens virgam, tectusque galero.
10.
Statu Thebaid. I, 303.
Paret Atlantiades dictis genitoris, et inde
Summa pedum propere plantaribus illigat alis,
Obnubitque comas, et temperat astra galero.
11.
Lucret. FI, 608.
Principio, mare mirantur non reddere majus
Naturam, quo sit tantus decursus aquarum,
Omnia quo veniant ex omni flumina parte.
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? OF WORDS. 15
12.
Statu Thebaid. I, 336.
Jamque? , per emeriti surgens confinia Phoebi,
Titanis, late mundo subvecta silenti,
Rorifera^ gelidum tenuaverat aera biga^.
13.
I ir gil. Bucal. V, 45.
Tale tuum carmen nobis, divine poeta,
Quale sopor fessis in gramine; quale per aestum
Dulci? s aquae saliente sitim restinguere rivo.
14.
Horat. De Art. Poet. 60.
Ut sylvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,
Prima cadunt ; ita verborum vetu9 interit aetas,
Et juvenum ritu tinrent modo nata vigentque.
15.
Claudian. In Ruf. I, 209.
Hic radiant flores, et prati viva voluptas,
Ingenio variata suo ; fulgentibus il lio
Surgunt strata toris ; hic mollis panditur herba,
Solicitum curis non abrnptura soporem.
16.
Ovid. Heroid. IV, 89. 1
Quod caret alterna^ requie, durabile non est.
Haec reparat vires, fessaque membra novat.
Arcus, et arma tuae tibi sunt imitanda Dianae,
Si nunquam cesses tendere, mollis erit.
17.
Ovid. Met. XI, 520.
iEquorese miscentur aquae; caret ignibus aether,
Caecaquenox premiturtenebris hyemisquesuisque.
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? 16 ELISION.
Discutiunt tamen has,praebentque micantia lumen
Fulmina: fulmineis ardescunt ignibus unda? .
18.
Lucan. Ill, 229.
Movit et Eoos bellorum fama recessus,
Qua colitur Ganges, toto qui solus in orbe
Ostia nascenti contraria solvere Phoebo
Audet, et adversum fluctus impellit in Eurum.
19.
Virgil. Bucol. IX, 40.
Hlc ver purpureum ; varios ? ? flumina circu`ni
Fundit humus flores; hi^c candida populus antro
Imminet ; et lentae texunt umbracula vites.
Hue ades : insani feriant sine littora fluctua.
20.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. II, 88.
Dixerat : ille novo madidantes nectare pennas
Concutit, et glebas foecundo rore maritat.
Qua`que volat, vernus sequitur color ; omnis ia
herbas
Turget humus, medioque patent convexa sereno.
CHAPTER III.
ELISION.
I.
Horat. I, Epist. X, 22.
NEMPE inter varias nutritur sylva columnas,
Laudaturque domus, longos quae prospicit agros.
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? ELISION. 17
2.
Tibull. Ill, Eleg. ? , 31.
Vivite felices, memores et vivite nostri,
Sive erimus, seu nos fata fuisse volent.
. 3.
Tibull. 1, Eleg. I, 13.
Non agnamve sinu pigeat fcetumve capellae,
Desertum oblita^ matre, referre domum.
4.
Horat. De Art. Poet. 73.
Res gestae regumque ducumque, et tristia bella,
Quo scribi possent numero monstravit Humerus.
5.
H or at. I, Epist. I, 14.
Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.
6.
Ovid. Met. XV, 206.
Transit in aestatem, post ver, robustior annus,
Fitque valens juvenis : neque enim robustior aetas
Ulla, nec uberior, nec, quae magis aestuet, ullaest.
7.
Euer et. V, 44.
At nisi purgatum est pectus, quae praelia nobis !
Quanta? tum scindunt hominem cupidinis acres
Solicitum cura e ! quantique perinde timores !
8.
Virgil. Georg.
PART III.
VERSIFICATION.
CHAPTER I.
CMSU? RA.
1.
1. A division or separation of a foot, occasion-
ed by the syllables, of which it is composed, be-
longing to different words. 2. Yes. 3. It
connects with each other the different words, of
which a line is composed, and gives to it smooth-
ness and harmony. 4. Three, the syllabic, the
trochaic, and the monosyllabic.
2.
1. The syllabic caesura is that, in which the
first part of the divided foot consists of the last
syllable of a word. 2. That, in which the first part
of the divided foot consists either of a long and
short syllable remaining at the end of a word, or
of an entire word comprised of one long and one
short syllable. 3. That, in which the first syllable
of the divided foot is a monosyllable. 4. Three.
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3.
1. Syllabic. 2. The syllabic. 3. Its three
first half feet. 4. The five first half feet, con-
cluding with the last syllable in Procul.
4.
1. Nine in the ennehiraeris and seven in the
hephthemimeris. 2. In the second, third, fourth,
and sometimes in the fifth foot. 3. In either of
the first five feet. 4. In the second and third,
and in the third and fourth feet.
5.
1. Because two successive trochaic caesuras
occur in the second and third feet of the first line,
and in the third and fourth feet of the second
verse. 2. It has not a caesura in either of the
first four feet. 3. No. 4. No.
6.
1. Of a word of sufficient length to complete
the foot, and to leave a caesural syllable. 2. In
the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth feet.
3. Always in the fourth, and generally in the se-
cond foot. 4. When there is a caesura in the third.
7.
1. The trochaic. 2. It has a syllabic caesura
in the sixth foot. 3. In the third foot. 4. In
the foot preceding the final syllable in the second-
hemistich.
8.
1; A syllabic caesura. 2. When the preceding
word is a monosyllable. 3. By a word of four
or more syllables. 4. The last vowel of the ad-
jective Gravia.
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? CAESURA. 11
9.
Ovid. Met. XV, 192.
Ipse dei clypeus terra cu`m tollitur ima^,
Mane rubet ; terra^que rubet cu`m conditur ima^.
10.
Claudian. In Ruf. I, 52.
En, proles antiqua redit ; concordia, virtus,
Cumque fide pietas alta^ cervice vagantur.
11.
Virgil. JEneid. XI, 137-
Robora nee cuneis, et olentem scindere cedrum,
Nec plaustris cessant vectare gementibus oraos.
12.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. I, 198.
Sponte tuus florebit ager cessante juvenco ;
Ditior oblatas mirabitur incola messes.
IS.
Juvenal. XII, 50.
Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam,
Sed, vitio ceeci, propter patrimonia vivunt.
14.
Ovid. Fast. II, 49? .
Sol fugit, et removent subeuntia nubila coelum,
Et gravis, effusis, de? cidit imber, aquis.
15.
Propert. Cynth. I, Eleg. I, 37-
Quad si quis monitis tardas adverterit aures,
Heu, referet quanto verba dolore mea !
16.
Ovid. Heroid. XIX, 183.
Arte laboratae vincuntur ab aequore puppes.
Tu tua plu`s remis brachia posse pu^tes ?
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? 12 CESURA.
17.
Tibull. II, Eleg. 'I, 13.
Casta placent superis ; pura` cum veste venite,
Et manibus puris sumite fantis aquam.
18.
Ovid. Met. XV, 156.
Corpora sive rogus flamma^, seu tabe vetustas
Abstulerit, mala posse pati non ulla putetis.
19.
Virgil. Mne? d. XI, 425.
Multa dies, variusque labor mutabilis aevi,
Rettulit in melius ; multos alterna revisens
Lusit, et in solido rursus fortuna locavit.
20.
Virgil. Georg. I, 71.
Alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,
Et segnem patie^re situ durescere campum;
Aut ibi flava seres, mutato sidere, farra.
21.
latean. Ill, 399.
Lucus erat longo nunquam violatus ab aevo,
Obscurum cingens connexis aera ramis,
Et gelidas, alte summotis solibus, umbras.
22.
Tibull. I, Eleg. XI, 45.
Interea pax arva colat ; pax candida primu`m
Duxit araturos sub juga curva boves.
Pace bidens vomerque nitent ; at tristia duri
Militis in tenebris occupat arma situs.
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23.
Homt. I, Epist. II, 47.
Non domus et fundus, non aei? is acervus et auri.
iEgroto domini deduxit corpore febres,
Non animo curas. Valeat possessor oportet,
Si comportatis rebus bene cogitat uti.
24.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. J, 201.
. Hi^c sedes augusta deae, templique colendi
"Religiosa silex, deiisis quam pinus obumbrat
Frondibus, et nulla lucos agitante procellu?
,
Striduja coniferi modulantur carmina rami.
CHAPTER IL
ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS. . .
l.
Ovid. Heroid. XIV, Ab.
Non ego falsa loquar : ter acutum sustulit ensem,
Ter male sublato recidit ense manus.
2.
Ovid. Heroid. XIV, 49.
Sed timor et pietas crudelibus obstitit ausis,
Castaque mandatum dextra refugit opus.
3.
Ovid. Heroid. XIV, 17.
Cor pavet admonitu temerata e sanguine noctis,
Et subitus dextra? praepedit ossa tremor.
4.
Tibull. II, Eleg. I, 89-
Po? stque venit tacitus, fuscis circumdatus alis,
Somnus, et incerto somnia vana pede.
?
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5.
Ovid. Fast. I, 73.
Lite vacent aures, insanaque protinus absint
Jurgia: differ opus, li? vida lingua, tuum.
6.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. II, 357.
Navita non morilur fluctu, non cuspide miles :
O? ppida, funerei, pollent, immunia lethi.
7.
Juvenal. XI, 180.
Conditor Iliados cantabitur, atque Maronis
Altisoni, dubiam facientia, carmina, palmam.
8.
Virgil. JEneid. XI, 762.
Qua se cunque furens medio tulit agmine virgo,
? ? ? Aruns subit, et tacitus vestigia lustrat.
9.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. I, 76.
Tunc Maia^ genitum, qui fervida dicta reportet,
Imperat acciri. Cyllenius astitit ales,
Somniferam quatiens virgam, tectusque galero.
10.
Statu Thebaid. I, 303.
Paret Atlantiades dictis genitoris, et inde
Summa pedum propere plantaribus illigat alis,
Obnubitque comas, et temperat astra galero.
11.
Lucret. FI, 608.
Principio, mare mirantur non reddere majus
Naturam, quo sit tantus decursus aquarum,
Omnia quo veniant ex omni flumina parte.
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? OF WORDS. 15
12.
Statu Thebaid. I, 336.
Jamque? , per emeriti surgens confinia Phoebi,
Titanis, late mundo subvecta silenti,
Rorifera^ gelidum tenuaverat aera biga^.
13.
I ir gil. Bucal. V, 45.
Tale tuum carmen nobis, divine poeta,
Quale sopor fessis in gramine; quale per aestum
Dulci? s aquae saliente sitim restinguere rivo.
14.
Horat. De Art. Poet. 60.
Ut sylvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,
Prima cadunt ; ita verborum vetu9 interit aetas,
Et juvenum ritu tinrent modo nata vigentque.
15.
Claudian. In Ruf. I, 209.
Hic radiant flores, et prati viva voluptas,
Ingenio variata suo ; fulgentibus il lio
Surgunt strata toris ; hic mollis panditur herba,
Solicitum curis non abrnptura soporem.
16.
Ovid. Heroid. IV, 89. 1
Quod caret alterna^ requie, durabile non est.
Haec reparat vires, fessaque membra novat.
Arcus, et arma tuae tibi sunt imitanda Dianae,
Si nunquam cesses tendere, mollis erit.
17.
Ovid. Met. XI, 520.
iEquorese miscentur aquae; caret ignibus aether,
Caecaquenox premiturtenebris hyemisquesuisque.
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? 16 ELISION.
Discutiunt tamen has,praebentque micantia lumen
Fulmina: fulmineis ardescunt ignibus unda? .
18.
Lucan. Ill, 229.
Movit et Eoos bellorum fama recessus,
Qua colitur Ganges, toto qui solus in orbe
Ostia nascenti contraria solvere Phoebo
Audet, et adversum fluctus impellit in Eurum.
19.
Virgil. Bucol. IX, 40.
Hlc ver purpureum ; varios ? ? flumina circu`ni
Fundit humus flores; hi^c candida populus antro
Imminet ; et lentae texunt umbracula vites.
Hue ades : insani feriant sine littora fluctua.
20.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. II, 88.
Dixerat : ille novo madidantes nectare pennas
Concutit, et glebas foecundo rore maritat.
Qua`que volat, vernus sequitur color ; omnis ia
herbas
Turget humus, medioque patent convexa sereno.
CHAPTER III.
ELISION.
I.
Horat. I, Epist. X, 22.
NEMPE inter varias nutritur sylva columnas,
Laudaturque domus, longos quae prospicit agros.
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? ELISION. 17
2.
Tibull. Ill, Eleg. ? , 31.
Vivite felices, memores et vivite nostri,
Sive erimus, seu nos fata fuisse volent.
. 3.
Tibull. 1, Eleg. I, 13.
Non agnamve sinu pigeat fcetumve capellae,
Desertum oblita^ matre, referre domum.
4.
Horat. De Art. Poet. 73.
Res gestae regumque ducumque, et tristia bella,
Quo scribi possent numero monstravit Humerus.
5.
H or at. I, Epist. I, 14.
Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.
6.
Ovid. Met. XV, 206.
Transit in aestatem, post ver, robustior annus,
Fitque valens juvenis : neque enim robustior aetas
Ulla, nec uberior, nec, quae magis aestuet, ullaest.
7.
Euer et. V, 44.
At nisi purgatum est pectus, quae praelia nobis !
Quanta? tum scindunt hominem cupidinis acres
Solicitum cura e ! quantique perinde timores !
8.
Virgil. Georg.
