3. These two facts, taken together, caused the sixth syllable of a line to be anywhere rather than at the end of a word.
4. If followed by a single syllable in the same word, the result was a hepthimimer cæsura.
5. If followed by more syllables than one, some syllable in an earlier part of the line ended the word preceding, and so caused either a penthimimer, a quasi-cæsura, or the occurrence of the third and fourth foot in the same word.
6. As these two last-mentioned circumstances were rare, the general phænomenon presented in the Greek senarius was the occurrence of either the penthimimer or hepthimimer.
7. Respecting these two sorts of cæsura, the rules, instead of being exhibited in detail, may be replaced by the simple assertion that there should be an arsis on the sixth syllable. From this the rest follows.
8. Respecting the non-occurrence of the third and fourth feet in the same word, the assertion may be withdrawn entirely.
9. Respecting the quasi-cæsura, the rules, if not altogether withdrawn, may be extended to the admission of the last syllable of circumflex futures (or to any other polysyllables with an equal claim to be considered accented on the last syllable) in the latter half of the third foot.
[72] Sceolon, aron, and a few similar words, are no real exceptions, being in structure not present tenses but preterites.
[73] Quarterly Review, No. clxiv.
[74] Quarterly Review, No. clxiv.