–́ ⏑ | –́ > | –́ ‖ ⏖ | ⏗́ # –́ ⏖ | –́ ⏑ | ⏗́ | –́ ⌃
An example is:—
Tḗ de|ṓs ō|rṓ ‖ Syba|rín # cū́r prope|rḗs a|mán|dṓ (H. 1, 8, 2).
[2672.] (1.) The second series has the same form as the Aristophanic, if the latter be written as a tetrapody (see [2658] ad fin.).
[2673.] (2.) Horace ([1], [8]) is the only Latin poet who makes use of the Greater Sapphic. It seems to be an imitation of the Greek Sapphic:—
–́ ⏖ | ⏗́ | –́ ⏖ | ⏗́ | –́ ⏖ | –́ ⏑ | ⏗́ | –́ ⌃, e.g.
δεῦτέ νιν ἅβραι Χάριτες καλλίκομοί τε Μοῖσαι
but if so, the imitation is not exact.
The Priapean.
[2674.] This verse is employed by Catullus ([17]) and in the Priāpēa ([86]). It consists of a syncopated logaoedic tetrapody + a syncopated logaoedic tetrapody catalectic. There is regularly a diaeresis between the two parts, but hiatus and syllaba anceps are not allowed at the end of the first series. The scheme is:—