A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges

by George Martin Lane

An example is:

hocine | crēdibi|l(e) aut memo|rābile (T. Andr. 625).

This verse is often called Alcmanian because it was used by the Greek poet Alcman.

[The Dactylic Tetrameter Catalectic (or Archilochian).]

[2578.] This verse consists of four dactylic feet, the last one being incomplete. The scheme is:

–́ ⏔ | –́ ⏔ | –

| –́ ⏑ ⌃

An example is:

Cármine | pérpetu|ṓ cele|brā́r(e) et (H. 1, 7, 6).