[2645.] (1.) This is sometimes called the Euripidean verse, from its use by Euripides. The tribrach in the third foot is rare, and is not found in Terence. Horace keeps all the feet pure.
[2646.] (2.) Plautus and Terence often use this verse between trochaic tetrameters, but sometimes employ several Ternarii in succession, as in Plaut. E. 3-6, Cas. 953-6, Ps. 211-13.
[The Trochaic Tripody Acatalectic.]
[2647.] This verse is confined to the early drama, where it is employed as a clausula ([2536]), especially with Cretics. It consists of three complete trochaic feet. The same substitutions are admitted in every foot that are allowed in the first two feet of the Ternarius ([2644]). An example is:—
Haú bonŭm | teneō | sérvom
–́ ⏑ ⏑ | ⏑̇ ⏑ > | –́ ⏑ (Pl. Most. 721).
This verse is sometimes called the Ithyphallic.
[The Trochaic Tripody Catalectic.]
[2648.] This verse is employed by the early dramatists, usually either as a clausula ([2536]) or in groups of two lines each. Terence generally uses it in the former way, Plautus in the latter. The scheme of substitutions is:—
| –́ ⏑͐ | –̇ ⏑͐ | –́ ⌃ |
| ⏑́ ⏑ ⏑ | ⏑̇ ⏑ ⏑ | |
| –́ ⏖ | –̇ ⏖ | |
| ⏑́ ⏑ > | ⏑̇ ⏑ > |