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b. Lesser Asclepiad Verse:-a spondee as base, followed by two choriambi and an iambus. Incision takes place

at the close of the first choriambus:

Dōnārēm pătĕrās || grātăque com modus
Censor + ině měīs || æră sodāl\ibus.

c. Glyconic Verse:-a spondee as base, followed by a choriambus and an iambus:

Intermissă Věnūs | dĭu

Non sum + quālis ĕrām | bonæ.

d. Pherecratean Verse:-a spondee as base, followed by a dactyl and a trochee or spondee :

Vis form + ōsă vid|ēri
Multo non sině | rīsu.

3. VERSES with a TROCHAIC BASE.

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Sapphic hendecasyllable (line of eleven syllables) :trochaic monometer, of which the second foot is always a spondee, as base; followed by a dactyl and two trochees. Cesura properly takes place at the first syllable of the dactyl:

Pindar um quis + \guis* stůdět | æmul|āri
Nititur pen + \nīs* vitrě|ō dă\tūrus.

The cæsura sometimes occurs after the first short syllable of the dactyl:

Sivě | quōs El + |ēă* dŏm um rě|ducit
Dives et lase + [īvă* těn\ētquě | grātà.

4. VERSE with IAMBIC BASE."

Alcaic hendecasyllable (line of eleven syllables):—an iambic dimeter hypercatalectic as base, followed by a choriambus and an iambus. Incision takes place at the end of the base :

Quālēm ministr + |ūm || fūlminis ā¡\item

Cui rex deo + |rūm || rēgnum in ăvēs | văgas. The base being iambic, an iambus might be expected to be at least frequent in the first foot. This, however, is rarely the case, the spondee being generally employed.

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