With initial iambus: Púel|l(ae) ét ‖ pue|r(ī) ínte|grī́ (Cat. 34, 2).
[2661.] (1.) This verse in composition with the Pherecratean forms the Priapean ([2674]).
[2662.] (2.) In admitting the trochee and iambus in the first foot, Catullus follows Greek models, while Horace adheres to the stricter Roman usage, as laid down by the grammarians of his own day. Seneca observes the same rule as Horace, but some of the later writers (e.g. Terentianus) revert to the earlier and freer usage.
The Lesser (or Decasyllabic) Alcaic.
[2663.] This verse is a logaoedic tetrapody acatalectic, with dactyls in the first and second places. The scheme is:—
–́ ⏖ | –́ ⏖ | –́ ⏑ | –́ ⏑
There is no fixed caesura, though there is frequently a break after the thesis, or in the arsis, of the second foot. Examples are:—
Flū́mina | cṓnstite|rínt a|cūtō (H. 1, 9, 4).
Móntibus | ét Tibe|rím re|vértī (H. 1, 29, 12).