A System of Latin Prosody and Metre, from the Best Authorities, Ancient and ModernHarper & Brothers, 1841 |
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Alcaic Alcaic stanza amphibrach anapæst ancient arsis atque authors cæsura cæsural pause catalectic Catull Catullus Choriambic Classical College compounds consonant contracted dactylic pentameter DACTYLIC TRIMETER declension derived diphthong editions elision Ennius ēst feet final syllable final vowel foot fourth genitive Greek hæc hexameter Horace Horat Iambic Dimeter iambus increment instances Ionic lable last syllable Latin lengthened letter long syllable Lucret Lucretius Mart Maur metre mihi neque nominative nouns occurs omnia Ovid Pentam pentameter penult Phalacian Plautus plural poets Priscian Professor Anthon pronounced proper name Pros prosody quæ quam quantity quod Ramsay's Lat regard remarks RULE Sapphic Sapphic stanza Scazon scholar seqq short syllables shortened species of verse spondee stanza supines synapheia tense Terent Terentianus Maurus Tetrameter tibi Tibull tion tribrach trimeter trochaic trochee verb Virg Virgil vowel words writers καὶ