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LYRIC AND DRAMATIC MEASURES.
CHAPTER I. --Feet.
The dactyl and the spondee were the feet in the most
general use among the Latin poets, and the measures, in
which these feet were most commonly arranged, were the
hexameter and pentameter; but in their lyric and dra-
matic compositions, several other kinds of feet were often
introduced, as well as a great variety of measures.
Besides the dactyl and the spondee, the following feet
are admitted into Latin poetry;
A pyrrhic, or two short syllables, as Plaga.
An iambus, one short and one long, Legunt.
A trochee or choree, one long and one short, Magnus.
An anapest, two short and one long, Capiunt.
A tribrac, three short, Facere.
A molossus, three long, Contendunt.
An amphibrac, one long between two short, Remotus.
A cretic or amphimacer, one short between two long,
Castitas.
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A bacchic, one short and two long, Legebant.
An antibacchic, two long and one short, SolamSn.
Two of the preceding simple feet are often connected,
and form the following compound feet;
A dispondee, or two spondees, as Clrcumspectiint.
A proceleusmatic, two pyrrhics, Hominibus.
A diiambus, two iambi, Serenitas.
A dichoree, two chorees or trochees, Comprobavit.
A choriambus, a trochee and an iambus, Sanguine! .
An antispast, an iambus and a trochee, Reformidat.
A great ionic, a spondee and a pyrrhic, SucciimbSre.
A small ionic, a pyrrhic and a spondee, Radiantes.
First epitrit, an iambus and a spondee, Voluptates.
Second epitrit, a trochee and a spondee, Concitarl.
Third epitrit, a spondee and an iambus, Mutabiles.
Fourth epitrit, a spondee and a trochee, Debellare.
First paeon, a trochee and a pyrrhic, Temporibus.
Second paeon, an iambus and a pyrrhic, Potentia.
Third paeon, a pyrrhic and a trochee, Rubicundus.
Fourth p "on, a pyrrhic and an iambus, Celeritas.
A dochimus, an iambic and a cretic, Deerraverant.
In the following exercises the pupil is required to men-
tion the name oj the feet, into which each verse is divided.
EXERCISES.
1.
Inte|ger vl|ta3, scele|rlsque | puriis,
Non e|get Mau|ri jacu|lis, ne|que arcu.
2.
Pater|na ru|ra bo|bus ex|ercet | suis,
Solu|tus 6m|nl fce|nore.
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3.
1111 I robur et jes | triplex
Circa | pectus erat, | qui fragilem | truci
Commi|sit pelago | ratem
Primus, | nec timuit | pracipitem A|fricum.
4.
Quid latet, iit | marina:
Filium dl|cunt Thctidis | sub lachrym6|sa Troja;
Funera, ne | virilis
Cultus in cae|dem et Lycias | proriperet | catervas?
5.
Qui sere|re ingenu|iim volet | agrum,
Liberat | arva pri|us fruti|cibus.
Domina|re tumT|dus; spi|ritus | altos [ gere;
SequYtur | super|bos iil|tor a | tergo | DSus.
6.
Neque pugno, | neque segni | pede victus,
Simul unctos | Tiberinis | humeros la|vit in undis
Has cum gemilna compede | dedicat ca|tenas
Saturne, ti|bi Zo'ilus ] annulos pri|ores.
CHAPTER II--Metres.
The metres employed in Latin poetry are the dactylic,
the anapestic, the iambic, the trochaic, the choriambic,
and the ionic measures.
The preceding measures have received their names from the
frequent occurrence in them of some particular foot; they are,
however, often called after the name of some celebrated poet,
who-excelled in a peculiar species of verse, and they have some-
times been classed according to the number of feet, which they
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contain; as octonarius, a verse of eight feet; senarius, a line of
seven feet; hexameter, six feet; pentameter, five feet; tetra-
meter, four feet; trimeter, three feet; dimeter, two feet; mono-
meter, one foot.
A verse, which has a redundant syllable or foot, is
termed a hypermeter or hypercatalectic line; a verse
wanting a syllable at the beginning is called acephalous;
a line that wants one syllable at the end to complete the
measure, catalectic; a verse wanting two at the end,
brachycatalectic; and a line containing its exact number
of feet and syllables is denominated acatalectic.
DACTYLIC MEASURES.
1. The principal dactylic measure is the hexameter.
2. The hexameter meiurus is a defective hexameter,
and has an iambus in the sixth foot instead of a spondee;
as
DirTge o|doris S|quos ad | certa cu|bilia | canes.
Liv. Andron.
3. The priapean is also a species of hexameter; but it
has generally a trochee in the first foot, and sometimes an
amphimacer in the third; as
O co|lonia [ qua e ciipts | ponte | ludSre | longo.
Catull.
A regular hexameter verse is termed priapean, and is consequently
considered inelegant, when it is so constructed, as to admit of
being divided into two portions of three feet each; as
Tenia | pars pa|trl data | pars data | tenia | patrl. Catull.
4. The regular pentameter is also a dactylic measure.
5. The . /3? olic pentameter consists of four dactyls, pre-
ceded by a spondee, a trochee, or an iambus; as ?
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Edi'|dit tuba | terribi|lem soni|tum procul.
Terentian.
6. The Phalaecian or Phaleucian verse consists of the
penthemimer of a hexameter, followed by a dactyl and a
spondee; as
Vise|bat geli|dae | sldera | brumae. Boeth.
A trochee is sometimes found in the first foot of this
measure, and Boethius has admitted an iambus in the first
and second feet; as
Hic e^nim cau|sas | cernere | promptum est.
Illic | laten|tes | pectora | turbant.
Stupet | cum subi|tis | mobile | vulgiis. Boeth.
7. The tetrameter a priore, or the Alcmanian dactylic
tetrameter, consists of the three first feet of a hexameter,
followed by a dactyl; as
Desuper | In ter|ram nox | fiinditur. Boeth.
8. The tetrameter a posteriore, or spondaic tetrameter,
consists of the four last feet of a heroic verse; as
Sic tris|tes af|fatus a|micos. Horat.
9. The tetrameter meiurus or Faliscan consists of the
last four feet of the hexameter meiurus; as
Fake ru|bos filT|cemque rg|secat. Boeth.
1. 0. The tetrameter acephalous is the tetrameter a pos-
teriore wanting the first semifoot; as
Qui | se volet | esse po|tentem,
ani|mo3 domet [ ille fe|roces. Boeth.
11. The tetrameter catalectic is the tetrameter a priore
wanting the last semifoot; as
Nostra de|us canet j harmont|a. Prudent.
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12. The dactylic trimeter consists of the three last feet
of a hexameter; as
Grato | Pyrrha sub | antro. Horat.
13. The trimeter catalectic, or Archilochian penthemi-
mer, is a heroic penthemimeris, or the first five half feet
of a hexameter; but the two first feet are most commonly
dactyls; as
Pulvis et | umbra sii|mus. Horat.
14. The dactylic dimeter, or Adonic, consists of two
feet, a dactyl and a spondee; as
Rlslt a|p6115. v Horat.
ANJPESTIC MEASURES.
15. The anapestic measure consists of two anapests;
as
Ululas se canes. Seneca.
, The first foot in this measure was frequently changed to
a dactyl or a spondee, and the second foot often to a spon-
dce, and in a few instances to a dactyl; as ?
Fundite | fletus,
Edite ] planctus.
FIngite | hictus.
RSsonet | tristl
Clamo|re forum. Seneca.
The anapestic dimeter consists of two anapestic mea-
sures; as
Pharetrae|que graves||date sje|va fero.
Quanti | casus||huma|na rotant! Seneca.
16. The anapestic dimeter catalectic consists of three
feet, of which the first and second are anapests or spon-
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dees, and the third an anapest, followed by a long sylla-
ble; as
Utfnam | modo nos|tra redi|rent
In mo|res tem|pora prls|c6s. Boeth.
IAMBIC MEASURES.
17. The iambic trimeter or senarius consists of three
iambic measures or six iambic feet; as
Suis | et Ip|sa R6|ma vi|ribus [ 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 iambic, a long syllable was often changed into
two short syllables, so that an anapest or a dactyl was
often used for a spondee, and a tribrac for an iambus; as
Quo quo | sceles|ti rui|tls aut j cur dex|terls.
Aliti|bus at|que cani|bus homi|cida Hec|torem.
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; as
Tuo | pala|to clau|sus pa|vo pas|citur. Petron.
Amit|tlt mSri|to propri|um qui ali|enum apjpetit.
Pares | diimnon | slntves|tnc for|titu|dini. Phaedrus.
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 | thea|trum Cato | seve|re ve|nlstl?
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19. The iambic tetrameter, or octonarius, or quadra tus,
a measure used by the comic poets, consists of four iambic
measures or eight iambic feet, subject to the same varia-
tions as the iambic trimeter; as
Nunc hic | dies | aliam | vitam af|fert, ali|6s mo|res
p6s|tulat. Terent.
20. The iambic tetrameter catalectic, or Hipponactic, is
the iambic tetrameter, deprived of its last syllable, and al-
ways having an iambus in the seventh foot; as
Depren|sa na|vis In | marl [ vesa|nien|te ven|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
Voca|tus at|que non | v6ca|tiis au|dit.
Trahunt|que sic|cas ma|chinje | cari|nas. 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 | seque|miir pec|tore.
Canidi|a tract|avit | dapes.
Vide|re prope|rantes | domum. Horat.
2 3. 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
Vena|tor in | campis | niva|lis. Horat.
24. The iambic dimeter acephalous is the iambic dime-
ter, having most commonly an iambus in every foot, and
always wanting the firsj: syllable; as
Tru|ditiir | dies [ die. Horat.
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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 halc | data est | cadu|cis,
Deo | jiiben|te, mem|bris,
Ut tem|peret | labo|rert . .
Medica|bills | volup|tas. 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 al|ta vec|tus a|tys||celgri J rate ma|ria. Catull.
TROCHAIC MEASURES.
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 varia-
tions as the feet in iambic measures; as
Pulchri|us mul[to pa|rarl | quam cre|ari | nobi|lem.
Auson.
Danai|des co|Ite | vestras J hic di|es quje|rit malnus.
Seneca.
28. The Sapphic verse, invented by the poetess Sappho,
consists of five feet, the first a trochee, the second a spon-
dee and sometimes a trochee, the third a dactyl, and the
fourth and fifth trochees; as
Caet^|ris ma|jor tibi | milSs | impar. Horat.
The strophe or stanza, in which Sappho composed her verses,
consists of ihree sapphic verses followed by an adonic; its
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elegance and sweetness made it popular among the Latin poets,
and caused it to be often introduced into their elegiac verses.
29. The Phalsecian 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 dactyl,
and the three others trochees; as
Non est | vivere | sed va|lere | vita. Martial.
50. The trochaic dimeter consists of four feet, the first
and two last of which are always trochees, and the second
a trochee, spondee, dactyl, or anapest; as
Non fa|cit quod | optat | Ipse
Ore | torvo | commi|nantes. Boeth.
CHORIAMB1C MEASURES.
51. The choriambic pentameter consists of a spondee,
three choriambi, and an iambus; as
JEtas | carpe diem | quam minimum | credula posftero.
Horat.
32. The choriambic tetrameter consists of three chori-
ambi or feet of equal length, followed by a bacchic; as
Omne nemus | cum fluviis | omnS canat | profiindum.
Claud.
Cul rSsera|ta mugmnt | aurea, claulstra mundl. Serenus.
33. The Alcaic epichoriambic tetrameter acatalectic
consists of the second epitrit, two choriambi, and a
bacchic; as
Te deos 6|ro Sybarin | cvir prop^res | amando. Horat.
34. The Asclepiadic tetrameter, invented by the poet
Asclepiades, consists of a spondee, two choriambi, and an
iambus; as
Msce|nas atavis | edite re|gibus. ' Horat.
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The first foot of this verse is sometimes a dactyl; as
EffugT|um et misSros | libera mors Ivocet. Seneca,
"^his 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 dactyl followed by an odd syllable, and the two last feet dac-
tyls; as
Miece|nas ata|vis | editg | regibtls. Horat.
85. The choriambic trimeter or Glyconic consists of three
feet, the first a spondee, an iambic, or a trochee, the se-
cond a choriambus, and the third an iambic; as
Sic te | diva potens | Cypri. Horat.
Magna. | progenies | Jovls. Catull.
Bonis | crede fuga|cibus. Boeth.
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
Grato 1 Pyrrha sub an|tro. Horat.
Dominis | pressus ini|quis. Boeth.
37. The choriambic dimeter consists of a choriambus
and a bacchic; as
Lydia dic | per omnes. Horat.
IONIC MEASURES.
38. The ionic a majore or Sotadic consists of three
ionics a majore and a spondee; the ionic feet are how-
ever frequently changed into dichorees, and a long syl-
lable into two short syllables; as
Vocalia | quredam memo|rant consona | qusdam.
Terentian.
Has cum gemi|na compede | dedicat cajtenas,
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Saturne, ti|bl Zoiliis, | annulos pri|6res. Martial.
39. The ionic a minore consists of three or four feet,
Tvhich are all ionics a minore; as
Puer ales | tibi telas | oper6s? |que Minervae. Horat.
COMPOUND METRES.
40. The greater Alcaic consists of two iambic feet,
which are sometimes changed into spondees, and an odd
syllable, followed by a choriambus and an iambus; as
Vides | ut al|ta | Stet mve can|didum,
Cdeles|tis ar|cis|nobilis in|cola. Horat.
41. The Archilochian heptameter consists of the dac-
tylic tetrameter a priore, followed by three trochees; as
Nunc dece|t autviri|dlnitijdum caput | Impe|dirS| myrto.
Horat.
42. The dactylico-trochaic tetrameter or lesser Alcaic
consists of two dactyls, followed by two trochees; as
Levia | personu|ere | saxa. Horat.
'The preceding account of the metres in the most common use
among the Latin poets will, it is presumed, be found both conv
prehensive and accurate. The student, who is desirous of more
extensive information on this subject, may consult with advantage
Carey's Latin Prosody.
THE METRES OF HORACE.
In their lyric compositions, the Latin poets seldom con-
fined themselves to one species of verse, but for the sake
of greater variety and harmony, they generally introduced
two, and sometimes three different measures into the same
ode. This change of metre is found in almost all the
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lyrics of Horace, and has contributed much to the beauty
of his poetry. The following alphabetical key to his odes
contains. the first words of each ode, and a reference to the
metres in the preceding list, which he has employed in it.
MM vetusto, 40,40, 23,42. Extremum Tanaim, 34, 35.
iEquam memento, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Albi ne doleas, 34, 35.
Altera jam, 1, 17.
Angustam amici, 40,40,23,
42.
At o deorum, 17, 22.
Audivere Lyce, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Bacchum in, 40, 40,23,42.
Beatus ille, 17,22.
Ccelo supinas,40, 40,23,42.
Ccelo tonantem, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Cum tu Lydia, 35, 34.
Cur me querelis, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Delicta majorum, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Descende ccelo, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Dianam tenerae, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Diffugere nives, 1, 13.
Dive quern, 28, 14.
Divis orre, 34, 35.
Donarem pateras, 34.
Donec gratus, 35, 34.
Eheu fugaces, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Est mihi honum, 28, 14.
Et thure et, 35, 34.
Exegi monumentum, 34.
Faune nympharum, 28, 14.
Festo quid, 35, 34.
Herculis ritu, 28, 14.
Horrida tempestas, 1, 22,
13.
Ibis liburnis, 17, 22,
Icci beatis, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Hie et nefasto, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Impios parrae, 28,14.
Inclusam Danaem, 34, 35.
Intactis opulentior, 35, 34.
Integer vitae, 28, 14.
Intermissa Venus, 35, 34.
Jam jam efficaci, 17.
Jam pauca, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Jam satis terris, 28, 14.
Jam veris, 34, 35.
Justum et, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Laudabunt alii, 1,8.
Lupis et agnis, 17, 22.
Lydia dic per, 37, 33.
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LYRIC AND DRAMATIC MEASURES.
CHAPTER I. --Feet.
The dactyl and the spondee were the feet in the most
general use among the Latin poets, and the measures, in
which these feet were most commonly arranged, were the
hexameter and pentameter; but in their lyric and dra-
matic compositions, several other kinds of feet were often
introduced, as well as a great variety of measures.
Besides the dactyl and the spondee, the following feet
are admitted into Latin poetry;
A pyrrhic, or two short syllables, as Plaga.
An iambus, one short and one long, Legunt.
A trochee or choree, one long and one short, Magnus.
An anapest, two short and one long, Capiunt.
A tribrac, three short, Facere.
A molossus, three long, Contendunt.
An amphibrac, one long between two short, Remotus.
A cretic or amphimacer, one short between two long,
Castitas.
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A bacchic, one short and two long, Legebant.
An antibacchic, two long and one short, SolamSn.
Two of the preceding simple feet are often connected,
and form the following compound feet;
A dispondee, or two spondees, as Clrcumspectiint.
A proceleusmatic, two pyrrhics, Hominibus.
A diiambus, two iambi, Serenitas.
A dichoree, two chorees or trochees, Comprobavit.
A choriambus, a trochee and an iambus, Sanguine! .
An antispast, an iambus and a trochee, Reformidat.
A great ionic, a spondee and a pyrrhic, SucciimbSre.
A small ionic, a pyrrhic and a spondee, Radiantes.
First epitrit, an iambus and a spondee, Voluptates.
Second epitrit, a trochee and a spondee, Concitarl.
Third epitrit, a spondee and an iambus, Mutabiles.
Fourth epitrit, a spondee and a trochee, Debellare.
First paeon, a trochee and a pyrrhic, Temporibus.
Second paeon, an iambus and a pyrrhic, Potentia.
Third paeon, a pyrrhic and a trochee, Rubicundus.
Fourth p "on, a pyrrhic and an iambus, Celeritas.
A dochimus, an iambic and a cretic, Deerraverant.
In the following exercises the pupil is required to men-
tion the name oj the feet, into which each verse is divided.
EXERCISES.
1.
Inte|ger vl|ta3, scele|rlsque | puriis,
Non e|get Mau|ri jacu|lis, ne|que arcu.
2.
Pater|na ru|ra bo|bus ex|ercet | suis,
Solu|tus 6m|nl fce|nore.
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3.
1111 I robur et jes | triplex
Circa | pectus erat, | qui fragilem | truci
Commi|sit pelago | ratem
Primus, | nec timuit | pracipitem A|fricum.
4.
Quid latet, iit | marina:
Filium dl|cunt Thctidis | sub lachrym6|sa Troja;
Funera, ne | virilis
Cultus in cae|dem et Lycias | proriperet | catervas?
5.
Qui sere|re ingenu|iim volet | agrum,
Liberat | arva pri|us fruti|cibus.
Domina|re tumT|dus; spi|ritus | altos [ gere;
SequYtur | super|bos iil|tor a | tergo | DSus.
6.
Neque pugno, | neque segni | pede victus,
Simul unctos | Tiberinis | humeros la|vit in undis
Has cum gemilna compede | dedicat ca|tenas
Saturne, ti|bi Zo'ilus ] annulos pri|ores.
CHAPTER II--Metres.
The metres employed in Latin poetry are the dactylic,
the anapestic, the iambic, the trochaic, the choriambic,
and the ionic measures.
The preceding measures have received their names from the
frequent occurrence in them of some particular foot; they are,
however, often called after the name of some celebrated poet,
who-excelled in a peculiar species of verse, and they have some-
times been classed according to the number of feet, which they
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contain; as octonarius, a verse of eight feet; senarius, a line of
seven feet; hexameter, six feet; pentameter, five feet; tetra-
meter, four feet; trimeter, three feet; dimeter, two feet; mono-
meter, one foot.
A verse, which has a redundant syllable or foot, is
termed a hypermeter or hypercatalectic line; a verse
wanting a syllable at the beginning is called acephalous;
a line that wants one syllable at the end to complete the
measure, catalectic; a verse wanting two at the end,
brachycatalectic; and a line containing its exact number
of feet and syllables is denominated acatalectic.
DACTYLIC MEASURES.
1. The principal dactylic measure is the hexameter.
2. The hexameter meiurus is a defective hexameter,
and has an iambus in the sixth foot instead of a spondee;
as
DirTge o|doris S|quos ad | certa cu|bilia | canes.
Liv. Andron.
3. The priapean is also a species of hexameter; but it
has generally a trochee in the first foot, and sometimes an
amphimacer in the third; as
O co|lonia [ qua e ciipts | ponte | ludSre | longo.
Catull.
A regular hexameter verse is termed priapean, and is consequently
considered inelegant, when it is so constructed, as to admit of
being divided into two portions of three feet each; as
Tenia | pars pa|trl data | pars data | tenia | patrl. Catull.
4. The regular pentameter is also a dactylic measure.
5. The . /3? olic pentameter consists of four dactyls, pre-
ceded by a spondee, a trochee, or an iambus; as ?
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Edi'|dit tuba | terribi|lem soni|tum procul.
Terentian.
6. The Phalaecian or Phaleucian verse consists of the
penthemimer of a hexameter, followed by a dactyl and a
spondee; as
Vise|bat geli|dae | sldera | brumae. Boeth.
A trochee is sometimes found in the first foot of this
measure, and Boethius has admitted an iambus in the first
and second feet; as
Hic e^nim cau|sas | cernere | promptum est.
Illic | laten|tes | pectora | turbant.
Stupet | cum subi|tis | mobile | vulgiis. Boeth.
7. The tetrameter a priore, or the Alcmanian dactylic
tetrameter, consists of the three first feet of a hexameter,
followed by a dactyl; as
Desuper | In ter|ram nox | fiinditur. Boeth.
8. The tetrameter a posteriore, or spondaic tetrameter,
consists of the four last feet of a heroic verse; as
Sic tris|tes af|fatus a|micos. Horat.
9. The tetrameter meiurus or Faliscan consists of the
last four feet of the hexameter meiurus; as
Fake ru|bos filT|cemque rg|secat. Boeth.
1. 0. The tetrameter acephalous is the tetrameter a pos-
teriore wanting the first semifoot; as
Qui | se volet | esse po|tentem,
ani|mo3 domet [ ille fe|roces. Boeth.
11. The tetrameter catalectic is the tetrameter a priore
wanting the last semifoot; as
Nostra de|us canet j harmont|a. Prudent.
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12. The dactylic trimeter consists of the three last feet
of a hexameter; as
Grato | Pyrrha sub | antro. Horat.
13. The trimeter catalectic, or Archilochian penthemi-
mer, is a heroic penthemimeris, or the first five half feet
of a hexameter; but the two first feet are most commonly
dactyls; as
Pulvis et | umbra sii|mus. Horat.
14. The dactylic dimeter, or Adonic, consists of two
feet, a dactyl and a spondee; as
Rlslt a|p6115. v Horat.
ANJPESTIC MEASURES.
15. The anapestic measure consists of two anapests;
as
Ululas se canes. Seneca.
, The first foot in this measure was frequently changed to
a dactyl or a spondee, and the second foot often to a spon-
dce, and in a few instances to a dactyl; as ?
Fundite | fletus,
Edite ] planctus.
FIngite | hictus.
RSsonet | tristl
Clamo|re forum. Seneca.
The anapestic dimeter consists of two anapestic mea-
sures; as
Pharetrae|que graves||date sje|va fero.
Quanti | casus||huma|na rotant! Seneca.
16. The anapestic dimeter catalectic consists of three
feet, of which the first and second are anapests or spon-
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dees, and the third an anapest, followed by a long sylla-
ble; as
Utfnam | modo nos|tra redi|rent
In mo|res tem|pora prls|c6s. Boeth.
IAMBIC MEASURES.
17. The iambic trimeter or senarius consists of three
iambic measures or six iambic feet; as
Suis | et Ip|sa R6|ma vi|ribus [ 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 iambic, a long syllable was often changed into
two short syllables, so that an anapest or a dactyl was
often used for a spondee, and a tribrac for an iambus; as
Quo quo | sceles|ti rui|tls aut j cur dex|terls.
Aliti|bus at|que cani|bus homi|cida Hec|torem.
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; as
Tuo | pala|to clau|sus pa|vo pas|citur. Petron.
Amit|tlt mSri|to propri|um qui ali|enum apjpetit.
Pares | diimnon | slntves|tnc for|titu|dini. Phaedrus.
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 | thea|trum Cato | seve|re ve|nlstl?
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An ide|o tan|tum ve|neras | lit ex|ires? Mart.
19. The iambic tetrameter, or octonarius, or quadra tus,
a measure used by the comic poets, consists of four iambic
measures or eight iambic feet, subject to the same varia-
tions as the iambic trimeter; as
Nunc hic | dies | aliam | vitam af|fert, ali|6s mo|res
p6s|tulat. Terent.
20. The iambic tetrameter catalectic, or Hipponactic, is
the iambic tetrameter, deprived of its last syllable, and al-
ways having an iambus in the seventh foot; as
Depren|sa na|vis In | marl [ vesa|nien|te ven|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
Voca|tus at|que non | v6ca|tiis au|dit.
Trahunt|que sic|cas ma|chinje | cari|nas. 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 | seque|miir pec|tore.
Canidi|a tract|avit | dapes.
Vide|re prope|rantes | domum. Horat.
2 3. 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
Vena|tor in | campis | niva|lis. Horat.
24. The iambic dimeter acephalous is the iambic dime-
ter, having most commonly an iambus in every foot, and
always wanting the firsj: syllable; as
Tru|ditiir | dies [ die. Horat.
Lat. Pr. N
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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 halc | data est | cadu|cis,
Deo | jiiben|te, mem|bris,
Ut tem|peret | labo|rert . .
Medica|bills | volup|tas. 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 al|ta vec|tus a|tys||celgri J rate ma|ria. Catull.
TROCHAIC MEASURES.
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 varia-
tions as the feet in iambic measures; as
Pulchri|us mul[to pa|rarl | quam cre|ari | nobi|lem.
Auson.
Danai|des co|Ite | vestras J hic di|es quje|rit malnus.
Seneca.
28. The Sapphic verse, invented by the poetess Sappho,
consists of five feet, the first a trochee, the second a spon-
dee and sometimes a trochee, the third a dactyl, and the
fourth and fifth trochees; as
Caet^|ris ma|jor tibi | milSs | impar. Horat.
The strophe or stanza, in which Sappho composed her verses,
consists of ihree sapphic verses followed by an adonic; its
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elegance and sweetness made it popular among the Latin poets,
and caused it to be often introduced into their elegiac verses.
29. The Phalsecian 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 dactyl,
and the three others trochees; as
Non est | vivere | sed va|lere | vita. Martial.
50. The trochaic dimeter consists of four feet, the first
and two last of which are always trochees, and the second
a trochee, spondee, dactyl, or anapest; as
Non fa|cit quod | optat | Ipse
Ore | torvo | commi|nantes. Boeth.
CHORIAMB1C MEASURES.
51. The choriambic pentameter consists of a spondee,
three choriambi, and an iambus; as
JEtas | carpe diem | quam minimum | credula posftero.
Horat.
32. The choriambic tetrameter consists of three chori-
ambi or feet of equal length, followed by a bacchic; as
Omne nemus | cum fluviis | omnS canat | profiindum.
Claud.
Cul rSsera|ta mugmnt | aurea, claulstra mundl. Serenus.
33. The Alcaic epichoriambic tetrameter acatalectic
consists of the second epitrit, two choriambi, and a
bacchic; as
Te deos 6|ro Sybarin | cvir prop^res | amando. Horat.
34. The Asclepiadic tetrameter, invented by the poet
Asclepiades, consists of a spondee, two choriambi, and an
iambus; as
Msce|nas atavis | edite re|gibus. ' Horat.
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The first foot of this verse is sometimes a dactyl; as
EffugT|um et misSros | libera mors Ivocet. Seneca,
"^his 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 dactyl followed by an odd syllable, and the two last feet dac-
tyls; as
Miece|nas ata|vis | editg | regibtls. Horat.
85. The choriambic trimeter or Glyconic consists of three
feet, the first a spondee, an iambic, or a trochee, the se-
cond a choriambus, and the third an iambic; as
Sic te | diva potens | Cypri. Horat.
Magna. | progenies | Jovls. Catull.
Bonis | crede fuga|cibus. Boeth.
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
Grato 1 Pyrrha sub an|tro. Horat.
Dominis | pressus ini|quis. Boeth.
37. The choriambic dimeter consists of a choriambus
and a bacchic; as
Lydia dic | per omnes. Horat.
IONIC MEASURES.
38. The ionic a majore or Sotadic consists of three
ionics a majore and a spondee; the ionic feet are how-
ever frequently changed into dichorees, and a long syl-
lable into two short syllables; as
Vocalia | quredam memo|rant consona | qusdam.
Terentian.
Has cum gemi|na compede | dedicat cajtenas,
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Saturne, ti|bl Zoiliis, | annulos pri|6res. Martial.
39. The ionic a minore consists of three or four feet,
Tvhich are all ionics a minore; as
Puer ales | tibi telas | oper6s? |que Minervae. Horat.
COMPOUND METRES.
40. The greater Alcaic consists of two iambic feet,
which are sometimes changed into spondees, and an odd
syllable, followed by a choriambus and an iambus; as
Vides | ut al|ta | Stet mve can|didum,
Cdeles|tis ar|cis|nobilis in|cola. Horat.
41. The Archilochian heptameter consists of the dac-
tylic tetrameter a priore, followed by three trochees; as
Nunc dece|t autviri|dlnitijdum caput | Impe|dirS| myrto.
Horat.
42. The dactylico-trochaic tetrameter or lesser Alcaic
consists of two dactyls, followed by two trochees; as
Levia | personu|ere | saxa. Horat.
'The preceding account of the metres in the most common use
among the Latin poets will, it is presumed, be found both conv
prehensive and accurate. The student, who is desirous of more
extensive information on this subject, may consult with advantage
Carey's Latin Prosody.
THE METRES OF HORACE.
In their lyric compositions, the Latin poets seldom con-
fined themselves to one species of verse, but for the sake
of greater variety and harmony, they generally introduced
two, and sometimes three different measures into the same
ode. This change of metre is found in almost all the
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lyrics of Horace, and has contributed much to the beauty
of his poetry. The following alphabetical key to his odes
contains. the first words of each ode, and a reference to the
metres in the preceding list, which he has employed in it.
MM vetusto, 40,40, 23,42. Extremum Tanaim, 34, 35.
iEquam memento, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Albi ne doleas, 34, 35.
Altera jam, 1, 17.
Angustam amici, 40,40,23,
42.
At o deorum, 17, 22.
Audivere Lyce, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Bacchum in, 40, 40,23,42.
Beatus ille, 17,22.
Ccelo supinas,40, 40,23,42.
Ccelo tonantem, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Cum tu Lydia, 35, 34.
Cur me querelis, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Delicta majorum, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Descende ccelo, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Dianam tenerae, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Diffugere nives, 1, 13.
Dive quern, 28, 14.
Divis orre, 34, 35.
Donarem pateras, 34.
Donec gratus, 35, 34.
Eheu fugaces, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Est mihi honum, 28, 14.
Et thure et, 35, 34.
Exegi monumentum, 34.
Faune nympharum, 28, 14.
Festo quid, 35, 34.
Herculis ritu, 28, 14.
Horrida tempestas, 1, 22,
13.
Ibis liburnis, 17, 22,
Icci beatis, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Hie et nefasto, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Impios parrae, 28,14.
Inclusam Danaem, 34, 35.
Intactis opulentior, 35, 34.
Integer vitae, 28, 14.
Intermissa Venus, 35, 34.
Jam jam efficaci, 17.
Jam pauca, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Jam satis terris, 28, 14.
Jam veris, 34, 35.
Justum et, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Laudabunt alii, 1,8.
Lupis et agnis, 17, 22.
Lydia dic per, 37, 33.
