Ov Aeneid 17 vs soliti patres Aeneid 7176 Semiconsonantal i j can form part of a diphthong eg Troiae to be read as a spondee pronounced ID: 262644
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Sigla: Long/Heavy syllable (longum): $ Foot division: | Caesura: || (see below) Diaeresis: || (see below) Bridge: % (place in the line where word ending is avoided) Dactyl: ! " " Spondee: ! ! In the Augustan poets a fifth-foot spondee in dactylic hexameter is rare, as are lines ending in a monosyllable (other than an elided est: e.g., Ov. Am. 1.3.1: iusta precor: quae me nuper praedata puella est) Ñ but cf. Horace, Ars Poetica 139: parturi Third foot, strong (the penthemimeral caesura): ! # ! # ! || # ! # ! "" ! $ 2 Arma gravi numero || violentaque bella parabam (Ov. Am. 1.1.1) Fourth foot, strong (the hephthemimeral caesura): ! # ! # ! # ! || # ! "" ! $ par erat inferior versus; || risisse Cupido (Ov. Am. 1.1.3) Rarer: Third foot, weak: ! # ! # ! " || " ! # ! "" ! $ 3 nox et Amor || vinumque || nihil || moderabile suadent (Ov. vidi ego iactatas || mota face || crescere flammas (Ov. The Line too labours, and the Words move slow. ):