The main caesura is usually penthemimeral ([2544]); but it is sometimes hephthemimeral, in which case there is generally a secondary caesura in, or diaeresis after, the second foot.

The following passage may serve to show the rhythm:

Ubi vén|t(um) ad ae|dīs ‖ ést | Dromō | pultát | forēs;

anŭs quaé|dam prō|dit; ‖ haéc | ub(i) ape|rit ṓs|tium,

contínu(ō) | hic sē | coniḗ|cit ‖ in|tr(ō), ego cṓn|sequor;

anŭs fóri|bus ob|dit ‖ pés|sul(um), ad | lānám | redit.

Hīc scī́|rī potu|it ‖ aút | nusqu(am) ali|bī, Clī́|nia,

quō stúdi|ō vī|tam ‖ su͡ám | t(ē) absen|t(e) exḗ|gerit,

ubi d(ē) ín|prōvī|sōst ‖ ín|terven|tum múli|erī, &c. T. Hau. 275.

⏑ ⏑ –́⏑ –̇> ‖ –́⏑ –̇> –́⏑ –̇
⏑ ⏑ –́> –̇⏑ ‖ –́⏑ ⏑̇ ⏑⏑ –́⏑ –̇
> ⏑́ ⏑> –̇> –́⏑ ‖ –̇⏑ ⏑ –́⏑ –̇
⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑⏑ –̇> ‖ –́⏑ –̇> –́⏑ –̇
> –́> ⏑̇ ⏑⏑ ‖ –́> ⏑̇ ⏑> –́⏑ –̇
> ⏑́ ⏑> –̇> ‖ –́> –̇> –́⏑ –̇
⏑ ⏑ –́> –̇> ‖ –́> –̇> ⏑́ ⏑⏑ –̇