Em nḗ|m(ō) habet hō|r(um)? occī́|distī. # dīc ígi|tur quis ha|bet né|scīs (Pl. Aul. 720).

Hunc hómi|nem decet | aur(ō) éx|pend(ī): huic # decĕt státu|am statu(ī) | ex aú|rō (Pl. B. 640).

The Anapaestic Dimeter Acatalectic (or Quaternarius).

[2687.] This verse consists of two anapaestic dipodies, or four complete anapaestic feet. There is generally a diaeresis after the second foot, and the fourth thesis is not resolved. The scheme is:—

⏑ ⏑ –́⏑ ⏑ –̇ # ⏑ ⏑ –́⏑ ⏑ –̇
– –́– –̇ # – –́– –̇
– ⏑́ ⏑– ⏑̇ ⏑ # – ⏑́ ⏑
⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑⏑ ⏑ ⏑̇ ⏑ # ⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑

Examples are:—

Quod lúbet | nōn lubet # iam cón|tinuō.

Ita m(ē) Ámor| lass(um) ani|mī lū́|dificat

fugat, ágit | appetĭt # raptát | retinet (Pl. Cist. 214).

This verse is often used to form systems, which frequently end in a paroemiac (see [2688]).