Básili|c(ō) accipi|ḗre | vīctū
⏑́ ⏑ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑ ⏑ | –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑
[The Trochaic Dimeter Catalectic (or Ternarius).]
[2644.] This consists of two trochaic dipodies, the second being incomplete. It occurs in the early dramatists and in Horace. The scheme for Plautus and Terence is:—
| –́ ⏑͐ | –̇ ⏑͐ | –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⌃ |
| ⏑́ ⏑ ⏑ | ⏑̇ ⏑ ⏑ | [⏑́ ⏑ ⏑] | |
| –́ ⏖ | –̇ ⏖ | ||
| ⏑́ ⏑ > | ⏑̇ ⏑ > | ||
The Horatian scheme is:—
–́ ⏑ | –̇ ⏑ | –́ ⏑ | –̇ ⌃
Examples are:—
Aút un|d(e) auxili|úm pe|tam (T. Ph. 729).
Nṓn e|bur ne|qu(e) aúre|um (H. 2, 18, 1).