[2621.] This is like the preceding verse, except that the last foot is incomplete. Examples are:—
Nequ(e) íd | perspice|re quī́|vī
⏑ –́ | > ⏑̇ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏗́ –̇ (Pl. Cap. 784).
Date; móx | eg(o) hūc | revór|tor
⏖ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑ ⏗́ –̇ (T. Andr. 485).
[2622.] (1.) The verse may also be regarded as a syncopated catalectic trochaic dimeter with anacrusis ([2529]). The normal scheme will then be:—
⏑ ⁞ –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑ | ⏗́ | –̇ ⌃
[2623.] (2.) Plautus and Terence use this verse as a clausula ([2536]). Petronius is the first who employs it to form systems ([2547]).
[2624.] Other short iambic verses, the acatalectic dipody (e.g. eg(o) ĭllūm | famē, | eg(o) ĭllúm | sitī, Pl. Cas. 153), and the catalectic tripody (e.g. inóps | amā́|tor, Pl. Tri. 256) sometimes occur, but are rare.