The works of Horace : with English notes, critical and ... - Cristo Raul

METRES OF HORACE. IXV
Epod. Line.
17. 6. Cdnidild, parget 'oO\(Abus |{ tandem | sacris.
12. AUti\bus &t\\guS cdni\biis hSmlWcidam Hec\tdrem.
41. Infd\mts HilS\\n^ Cds\tdr OfW/Snsiis | vice.
54. Ingrd\td mils&\\r5 vl\td du\\cBnda est, | in hoc.
56. 6ptdi\ quie\\tem Pild\pis ln\\fidl \ patir.
65. Vectd\bdr hUm^Wns tunc \ Sgo ini\\micls \ iquSs.
69. DBripi\r& Lu\\ndm volclhils \\ pSsslm \ mUs.
6. IAMBIC TRIMETER CATALECTIC.
This is the common trimeter (No.^5) wanting the final sylla-
ble. It consists of five feet, properly all iambi, followed by a
catalectic syllable ; as,
V6cd\tus at^^qul non \
mdrd\\tus au\dit.
Like the common trimeter, however, it admits the spondee
into the first and thu'd places, but not into the fifth, which,
would render the verse too heavy and prosaic.
TrdhUntlquS s%c\\cds md\eMnee ||
cdr%\nas.
NOnnill\ld quBr\\cu silnt\edvd\\ta U Hl\mo.
Terentianus Maurus, without any good reason, prefers scan-
ning it as follows :
Trdhilnt\qui slc\cds ||
mdch!t\nS cd\Tlnds.
This species of verse is likewise called Archilochian, from the
poet Archilochus.
7. IAMBIC DIMETER.
The iambic dimeter consists of two measures, or four feet,
properly all iambi ; as,
Periin\x!it hSc ||
1d\s5nem.
It admits, however, the same variations as the trimeter, though
Horace much more frequently employs a spondee 'than any
other foot in the third place. The scale of this measure is as
follows :
1
2 3 4
Dammii regida, " Si de gente Graxa sermo est, semper hoc nomen Boribi, per « t md
gi de mari lonio, eemper per o fitKph'"