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( a ) The feet : The hexameter consists of six feet , of which the first four may be either dactyls or spondees : the fifth foot is almost always a dactyl , while the last is either a spondee or a trochee .
( a ) The feet : The hexameter consists of six feet , of which the first four may be either dactyls or spondees : the fifth foot is almost always a dactyl , while the last is either a spondee or a trochee .
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( The caesura in the second foot is strong and 80 also is that in the fourth foot . ) The last two feet of a hexameter are generally fixed and caesura thus occurs in the second , or third , or fourth foot ; sometimes , indeed , in all ...
( The caesura in the second foot is strong and 80 also is that in the fourth foot . ) The last two feet of a hexameter are generally fixed and caesura thus occurs in the second , or third , or fourth foot ; sometimes , indeed , in all ...
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Note the elision of -que in the third foot ; the i of abiete has its consonantal sound ( see notes ) . 1. 41. Lāócă | on || är | dēns || süm | mā || dē | cūrrit åb | ārcē . There are three examples of the strong ” caesura in this line .
Note the elision of -que in the third foot ; the i of abiete has its consonantal sound ( see notes ) . 1. 41. Lāócă | on || är | dēns || süm | mā || dē | cūrrit åb | ārcē . There are three examples of the strong ” caesura in this line .
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| Title | P. Vergili Maronis Aeneidos: Lib. II Browne & Nolan's Latin classics Gill's elementary classics |
| Author | Virgil |
| Editor | Maurice Duggan |
| Publisher | Browne and Nolan, 1944 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 129 pages |
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