| Classical philology - 1814 - 636 pages
...remains long before that vowel. IV. A vowel naturally short, frequently Jorms thejirst syllable of afoot, whether at the beginning of a verse, or in the middle...of a word, in consequence of the ictus metricus or swell of the voice upon that syllable. V. A syllable naturally short, when it happens to be the cœsvra,... | |
| George Dunbar - Greek language - 1815 - 236 pages
...vowel, remains long before fliat vowel. • IV. A vowel naturally short, frequently forms tiiejirst syllable of a foot, whether at the beginning of a...of a word, in consequence of the ictus metricus or swell of the voice upon that syllable. V. A syllable, naturally short, when it happens to be the cœsura,... | |
| Art - 1815 - 680 pages
...on the like principle. In the versification of Homer, a vowel, naturally short, sometimes occurs as the first syllable of a foot, whether at the beginning of a verse, or in the middle of a word, the syllable, which is thetic, being rendered sufficiently prominent, under the drift of the rhythm,... | |
| John Grant - Latin language - 1823 - 524 pages
...on the like principle. In the versification of Homer, a vowel, naturally short, sometimes occurs as the first syllable of a foot, whether at the beginning of a verse, or in the middle of a word, the syllabic, which is thetic, being rendered sufficiently prominent, under the drift of the rhythm,... | |
| George Dunbar - Greek language - 1824 - 218 pages
...remains long before that vowel. IV. A vowel naturally short, frequently forms iheßrst syllable of afoot, whether at the beginning of a verse, or in the middle...consequence of the ictus metricus or lengthened tone of t7te voice upon that syllable. '''., V. A syllable, naturally short, when it happens to be the caesura,... | |
| Molly Miller - History - 1970 - 828 pages
...nos pudet 'but we are ashamed' (Capt. 203), and te pudet many times. Yet he avoids this word-order at the beginning of a verse, or in the middle of a verse when there is a change of speaker: miseret te aliorum, tui nee miseret nee pudet 'you are sorry... | |
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