| ⏑͐ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑͐ ‖ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑ ⏗́ –̇ |
| [⏑ ⏑̇ ⏑] | ||||
Examples are:
Meā́ | renī|det ‖ ín | domō | lacū́|nar. (H. 2, 18, 2.)
⏑ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑ ‖ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑ ⏗́ –̇
Seu pó|scit a|gnā sī́|ve mā|lit haé|dō. (H. 1, 4, 12.)
> –́ | ⏑ –̇ | > ‖ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑ ⏗́ –̇
[2602.] (1.) The anacrustic scheme is:
⏑͐ ⁞ –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑͐ # –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑ | ⏗́ –̇ ⌃,
i.e. trochaic trimeter catalectic with anacrusis ([2529]), syncope ([2541]), and protraction ([2516]).
[2603.] (2.) Horace seems to have changed his practice with reference to the first foot. In 1, 4 the first foot is a spondee in nine lines out of ten; in 2, 18, it is a spondee in only two lines out of twenty.