A Latin grammar

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A Verse may also be called according to the number of feet : Binarius (a), as the Adonian; Ternarius (3), as the Pherecrateau ; Quaternarius (4), as the Tro- chaic or Iambic Dimeter; Senarius (6), as the Dactylic Hexameter or the Iambic Trimeter; Septenarius (7), as the Trochaic Tetrameter Catalectic; Octonariu* (8), as the Trochaic Tetrameter Acatalectic of the scenic poets. 6.

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TROCHAIC METRES. 1. Trochaic Tetrameter catalectic consists of eight trochees (two trochees making a metre), for any of which an irrational trochee may be used, and for any but the last a cyclic dactyl, an apparent anapaest (here a resolved irrational trochee), or a tribrach.

A spondee used for a trochee has also its ictus on the first syllable. 2. Trochaic Tetrameter catalectic consists of seven trochees and an ad- ditional syllable ; the diaeresis after the first dimeter.