–́ ⏑ ⏑ | –́ ⏑ | ⏗́ | –́ ⌃
i.e. a syncopated logaoedic tetrapody catalectic.
The Pherecratean (or Pherecratic).
[2659.] This verse is used by Catullus ([34], [61]), and by Horace (as the third line of the Third Asclepiadean Strophe: see [2733]). It is a logaoedic tripody, with the dactyl in the second place. The scheme is:—
| [–́ ⏑] | ||
| –́ > | –́ ⏖ | –́ ⏑ |
| [⏑́–] | ||
The trochee and iambus are admitted in the first foot by Catullus, but not by Horace. The iambus is very rare. There is no fixed caesura. Examples are:—
Grā́tō, | Pýrrha, sub | ántrō (H. 1, 5, 3).
With initial trochee: Lū́te|úmve pa|pā́ver
(Cat. 61, [195]).
With initial iambus: Púel|laéque ca|nā́mus