⏖ –́ | ⏑ ⏑̇ ⏑ | > ⏑́ ⏑ | ⏑ –̇ (T. Eu. 209).
Ast égo | vicis|sim rī́|serō
> ⏑́ ⏑ | ⏑ –̇ | > –́ | ⏑ –̇ (H. Epod. 15, 24).
Perū́n|xit hōc | Iā́|sonem
⏑ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑ –́ | ⏑ –̇ (H. Epod. 3, 12).
[2618.] (1.) The verse may also be regarded as a trochaic dimeter catalectic with anacrusis ([2529]), with the normal scheme:
⏑ ⁞ –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑ | –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⌃
[2619.] (2.) Horace admits resolutions only four times, the tribrach once in the second foot and the dactyl thrice in the first.
[2620.] (3.) Plautus (except in a few instances), Terence, and Horace employ the dimeter only as a clausula ([2536]) to longer verses. Petronius, Seneca, and Prudentius use it to form systems ([2547]); but it is rarely so employed by earlier writers.