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Catullus Meters
Meters of Catullus
12
Language - Latin
Graduate
01/18/2015

Additional Language - Latin Flashcards

 


 

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Term
Dactylic Hexameter
Definition

|— U U|— U U|— U U|— U U|— U U|— X|

 

Six Dactyls

first four dactyls can have resolution on shorts

62,64
Term
Hendecasyllabic
Definition

|X X |— U U|— U|— U|— X|

 

2 Anceps + Dactyl + 3 Trochees

Term
Sapphic stanza
Definition

– U – X – \\ U U – U – X (3 times)

– U U – X

 

2 trochees + 1 dactyl + 2 trochees Substitutions in 2nd and last trochee.

11, 51
Term
Choliambics
Definition

X – / U – /X – / U – / U – / – X

 

5 iambs with substitution possible in the 1st and 3rd + 1 spondee

8, 22, 37, 39, 44, 59, 60
Term
Iambic Trimeter
Definition

X – U – U || – U – U – U X

 

4 pairs of iambs missing the final syllable

52
Term
Glyconic Stanza with pherecratean
Definition

X X / — U U / — U /— X

X X / — U U / — X

34, 61
Term
Elegiac Couplet
Definition

|— U U|— U U|— || U U|— U U|— U U|— X|

|— U U|— U U|— || — U U|— U U| X|

65-116
Term
Dactyl
Definition
— U U
Term
Spondee
Definition
— —
Term
Iamb
Definition
U —
Term
Trochee
Definition
— U
Term
Choriamb
Definition
— U U —
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