[2521.] The feet in common use are the following:—

Feet of Three Morae.
Name.Sign.Musically.Example.
Trochee– ⏑♩♪dūcit
Iambus⏑ –♪♩legunt
Tribrach⏑ ⏑ ⏑♪♪♪hominis
Feet of Four Morae.
Dactyl– ⏑ ⏑♩♪♪dūcimus
Anapaest⏑ ⏑ –♪♪♩regerent
Spondee– –♩♩fēcī
Proceleusmatic⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑♪♪♪♪hominibus
Feet of Five Morae.
Cretic– ⏑ –♩♪♩fēcerint
First Paeon– ⏑ ⏑ ⏑♩♪♪♪lēgeritis
Fourth Paeon⏑ ⏑ ⏑ –♪♪♪♩celeritās
Bacchīus⏑ – –♪♩♩regēbant
Feet of Six Morae.
Choriambus– ⏑ ⏑ –♩♪♪♩horribilēs
Ionic ā māiōre– – ⏑ ⏑♩♩♪♪dēdūcimus
Ionic ā minōre⏑ ⏑ – –♪♪♩♩relegēbant

[2522.] Other feet mentioned by the ancient grammarians are:—

Name.Sign.
Pyrrhic⏑ ⏑
Amphibrach⏑ – ⏑
Antibacchīus or
Palimbacchīus		– – ⏑
Molossus– – –
Dispondee– – – –
Ditrochee– ⏑ – ⏑
Diiambus⏑ – ⏑ –
Antispast⏑ – – ⏑
Second Paeon⏑ – ⏑ ⏑
Third Paeon⏑ ⏑ – ⏑
First Epitrite⏑ – – –
Second Epitrite– ⏑ – –
Third Epitrite– – ⏑ –
Fourth Epitrite– – – ⏑

But these are of little practical importance, as most of them never are employed in Latin poetry, and the few which do occur are used only as substitutes for other feet.

[Cyclic Feet.]

[2523.] A dactyl occurring in 3/8 time did not have the value of 2 morae + 1 + 1, but was given instead that of 1½ + ¾ + ¾; in other words both arsis and thesis suffered correption ([2517]), but the ratio between them remained unchanged. Such a dactyl is called cyclic, and is marked – ⏖, or musically

There is also a cyclic anapaest, marked ⏖ – or