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wna|que^Iw;326 PROSODY.—METRE. § 165as,When the first foot is a spondee, it may be scanned as dactylic trimeterSic te |diva po- |tens Cypri.5. Choriambic trimeter catalectic, or Pherecratic, consists ofa spondee, choriambus, and a catalectic syllable ; as,Grato |Pyrrha sub an- |tro.Here, also, the first foot is sometimes a trochee or an iambus. When aspondee, it may be scanned as Dactylic trimeter. See IV. 5.6. Choriambic dimeter, consists of a choriambus and a Baccliius;as,Lydia die per omnes. Hon.|864.—VI IONIC METRE.1. The Ionic a majore, or Sotadic metre, consists of threeIonics a majore, and a spondee ;Has cum gemi-|as,compede dedicat ca-| |tenas.Obs.—In this metre, an Ionic foot is often changed for a ditrochee, as inthe third foot of the preceding line ; and a long syllable is often resolvedinto two short ones.2. The Ionic a minore, consists generally of three or fourfeet, which are all Ionics a minore ;Piier ales |tibi tells |operosse-as,Minervce. Hoe.§ 165. COMPOUND METRES.865.—A compound metre or Asynartete, is the union oftwo kinds of metre in the same verse or line. Of these thefollowing are the chief:1. Greater Alcaic. Iambic mon. hyper. + Chor. dim. acat.Thus, w —|—|2. Lesser Alcaic. Dactylic dim. + Trochaic mon.Thus,-_^^|--^^||_^-w3. Archilochian Hept. or Dact. tetr. a priore + Troch. dim. B. C.Thus,— w^|— ^_|___|___||__^4. Dactylico-Iambic. Dactylic trim. cat. + Iambic dim.Thus, — w w — ^w|—.J||wwI—^|—.-5. lambico Dactylic. Iambic dim. -f Dactylic trim. cat.