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... Tetrameters , perfect or imperfect . 3. LYRICS , including all that may not be referred to the two preceding classes , except those rarely used , which are miscellaneous . Note . As to the number of metres in a Latin or Greek verse ...
... Tetrameters , perfect or imperfect . 3. LYRICS , including all that may not be referred to the two preceding classes , except those rarely used , which are miscellaneous . Note . As to the number of metres in a Latin or Greek verse ...
Page 205
... three Daetyls , and ( therefore styled Hyper- cat . ) a Cæsura ; as , ස Munera lætitiamque Dei . Virg . Æn . 1 . Infabricata fugæ studio . Id . En . 4 . T 3. AN ALCMANIC DACTYLIC TETRAMETER , or TETRAPODIA . This HEXAM . 205 METRE .
... three Daetyls , and ( therefore styled Hyper- cat . ) a Cæsura ; as , ස Munera lætitiamque Dei . Virg . Æn . 1 . Infabricata fugæ studio . Id . En . 4 . T 3. AN ALCMANIC DACTYLIC TETRAMETER , or TETRAPODIA . This HEXAM . 205 METRE .
Page 206
... TETRAMETER , or TETRAPODIA . This contains the four first feet of an Hexameter , the last being always a Dactyl ; as , ol I- 99 Solvitur acris hyems grata vice . Hor . 1. 4 . 4. A PHALISCUS , or ARCHILOCHIAN HEROIC , or SPONDAIC TETRAMETER ...
... TETRAMETER , or TETRAPODIA . This contains the four first feet of an Hexameter , the last being always a Dactyl ; as , ol I- 99 Solvitur acris hyems grata vice . Hor . 1. 4 . 4. A PHALISCUS , or ARCHILOCHIAN HEROIC , or SPONDAIC TETRAMETER ...
Page 210
... TETRAMETERS , of four measures , or eight feet , and therefore called also Quadrati , and Octonarii . 1. DIMETERS . -10 -I Fortuna non mutat genus . Hor . But their best cadence is a trisyllable , as in most of the lines of this ...
... TETRAMETERS , of four measures , or eight feet , and therefore called also Quadrati , and Octonarii . 1. DIMETERS . -10 -I Fortuna non mutat genus . Hor . But their best cadence is a trisyllable , as in most of the lines of this ...
Page 211
... TETRAMETERS , or QUADRATI , & c . These are used only by comic poets ; and they abound with them . ο όλο - lo - I o Pecuniam in loco negligere , maximum interdum est lucrum . . I ల - I · - I ల ల - [ Ter . Servire amanti , miseria est ...
... TETRAMETERS , or QUADRATI , & c . These are used only by comic poets ; and they abound with them . ο όλο - lo - I o Pecuniam in loco negligere , maximum interdum est lucrum . . I ల - I · - I ల ల - [ Ter . Servire amanti , miseria est ...
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66 RULE Acat adjective or participle adjuncts adverb Alcaic Alcmanic amor Anapest animo antecedent Archil Archilochian atque bona cadence Cæsar Cæsura Catalectic Catullus Choriambic Cicero construed Cretic cunque Dactyl Deus Dicolon Distrophon Dimeter ellipsis enim Epod etiam EXAMPLES exemplifying words genitive Glyconic habet hæc HENRY KIRKE Hexameter Horace Iamb Iambic Iambus ille illud infinitive noun Ionics Italics Latin learner licet malè metre mihi mood neque nihil nominative notus nulla nunc omnes omnia omnium placed Plaut preposition primary clause principal verb Prosp quæ quàm QUESTIONS quibus Quid quidem Quinctilian quis quod quoque rebus Rule 9 sæpe says semper sentence shews sibi sort Spondee sunt synalepha tamen Tetram Tetrameter tibi Tricolon Trim Trimeters Trochaic Trochee usque verse Virg viri vitæ word governed word or words word which governs
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Page 45 - Conversis studiis, aetas animusque virilis Quaerit opes et amicitias, inservit honori ; Commisisse cavet quod mox mutare laboret. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda ; vel quod Quaerit, et inventis miser abstinet, ac timet uti ; Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 67 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 112 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Page 44 - ... tandem custode remoto, gaudet equis canibusque et aprici gramine Campi, cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris, sublimis cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix.
Page 140 - Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra ? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet...
Page 41 - ... rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.
Page 99 - Nunc ego (namque super tibi erunt qui dicere laudes, Vare, tuas cupiant et tristia condere bella) agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam.
Page xx - Unconquer'd powers, th' immortal mind display'd, But worn with anxious thought the frame decay'd Pale o'er his lamp and in his cell retired, The Martyr Student faded and expired.
Page 116 - Ditisque profundi 455 pallida regna petunt : regit idem spiritus artus orbe alio : longae — canitis si cognita — vitae mors media est. certe populi quos despicit Arctos felices errore suo quos ille timorum maximus baud urget leti metus. inde ruendi 460 in ferrum mens prona viris animaeque capaces mortis et ignavum rediturae parcere vitae.
Page 110 - La volupté mesme et le bon heur ne [se perçoivent] point sans vigueur et [sans esprit) : haec perinde sunt, ut illius animus qui ea possidet, Qui uti scit, ei bona; illi qui non utitur recte, mala».