quī quoni(am) | erŭs quod | ímpe|rāvit # néglē|xistī | pérse|quī,
núnc ve|nīs eti(am) | últr(ō) in|rīsum # dóminum|: quae neque | fī́e|rī
póssunt | neque fan|d(ō) úmqu(am) ac|cēpit # quísquam | prōfers, | cárnu|fex. (Pl. Am. 585.)
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[2631.] (1.) When there is a diaeresis after the fourth foot, the verse is asynartetic ([2535]). In Plautus hiatus in the diaeresis is not rare; but there seems to be no certain instance of it in Terence (see Ph. 528, Ad. 697).
[2632.] (2.) An anapaest is not allowed to follow a dactyl.
[2633.] (3.) The seventh foot is usually a trochee; rarely a tribrach or dactyl. The tribrach and dactyl are seldom found in the fourth foot.
(B.) Later Usage.
[2634.] The later and stricter form of the Septenarius keeps the arses of the odd feet pure, and regularly shows a diaeresis after the fourth foot.
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