) is regarded as equivalent to two morae.
2. A Foot is a group of syllables. The following are the most important kinds of fundamental feet:—
| FEET OF THREE MORAE. | FEET OF FOUR MORAE. |
| Trochee. | Dactyl. |
| Iambus. | Anapaest. |
3. A Verse is a succession of feet.
4. The different kinds of verses are named Trochaic, Iambic, Dactylic, Anapaestic, according to the foot which forms the basis of their structure.
5. Ictus. In every fundamental foot the long syllable naturally receives the greater prominence. This prominence is called ictus.[[61]] It is denoted thus:
6. Thesis and Arsis. The syllable which receives the ictus is called the thesis; the rest of the foot is called the arsis.
7. Elision. Final syllables ending in a vowel, a diphthong, or -m are regularly elided before a word beginning with a vowel or h. In reading, we omit the elided syllable entirely. This may be indicated as follows: corpore in ūnō; multum ille et; mōnstrum horrendum; causae īrārum.
a. Omission of elision is called Hiátus. It occurs especially before and after monosyllabic interjections; as, Ō et praesidium.