8. The ending of a word within a foot is called a Caesúra (cutting) Every verse usually has one prominent caesura. The ending of a word and foot together within the verse is called a diaeresis.
9. Verses are distinguished as Catalectic or Acatalectic. A Catalectic verse is one in which the last foot is not complete, but lacks one or more syllables; an Acatalectic verse has its last foot complete.
10. At the end of a verse a slight pause occurred. Hence the final syllable may be either long or short (syllaba anceps), and may terminate in a vowel or m, even though the next verse begins with a vowel.
11. Iambic, Trochaic, and Anapaestic verses are further designated as dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, according to the number of dipodies (pairs of feet) which they contain. Dactylic verses are measured by single feet, and are designated as tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, accordingly.
SPECIAL PECULIARITIES.
[367]. 1. Synizésis (synaéresis). Two successive vowels in the interior of a word are often united into a long syllable; as,—
aur{eī}s, d{ei}nde, ant{eī}re, d{ee}sse.
2. Diástole. A syllable usually short is sometimes long; as,—
vidēt, audīt.
3. Sýstole. A syllable usually long is sometimes short; as,—