[*] 617.
Other dactylic verses or half-verses are occasionally used by the
lyric poets.
[*] a.
The Dactylic Tetrameter alternates with the hexameter, forming the
Alcmanian Strophe, as
follows:—
- ō for|tēs
pê|iōrăquĕ
| passī
- mēcum | saepĕ
vĭ|rī,
|| nunc
| vīnō |
pellĭtĕ | cūrās;
-
crās
in|gēns
ĭtĕ|rābĭmŭs
| aequŏr.
- —Hor. Od. 1.7(so
28; Ep. 12).
[*] b.
The Dactylic Penthemim (five half-feet) consists of half a pentameter
verse. It is used in combination with the Hexameter to form the
First Archilochian
Strophe:—
- diffū|gērĕ
nĭ|vēs,
||
rĕdĕ|unt iam |
grāmĭnă |
campīs,
- arbŏrĭ|busquĕ
cŏ|mae;
-
mūtat |
terră vĭ|cēs
|| et
|
dēcrēs|centĭă
| rīpās
- flūmĭnă |
praetĕrĕ|unt.—Hor. Od. 4.7.
For the Fourth Archilochian Strophe (Archilochian heptameter,
alternating with iambic trimeter catalectic), see § 626. 11.