Latin Hexameter Verse

adjective Aeneas Aeneid aequora aphaeresis apocope arma arsis atque Bye-forms caesura Catullus cent chiasmus Cicero consonants dactyl diaeresis disyllables elegiac elided elision emphatic enclitic Ennius examples feet fifth arsis fifth foot final pause fourth foot frequent Georgics Greek haec harsh elisions heavy pause hexameter hiatus Hinc Homer hymenaeos iambic imitation ingens inquit instances inter interea Latin hexameter lengthening light pause litora long vowel Lucan Lucretius lumina metre metrical mihi monosyllabic ending monosyllable neque noun nunc o'er omnes omnia Ovid passage phrase poets preceding the pause principal caesura proclitic quae quam quid quoque rare rhythm rule second foot sense short vowel smooth spondaic spondaic word spondees strong caesura syllable synizesis thee third foot thou tibi tmesis troch trochaic usage Valerius Flaccus variety verb viii Virgil Virgilian vocatives