of a supposed proceleusmatic or anapest in any hexameter or pentameter verse of any good Latin author, which may not be reduced to a dactyl or spondee by the aid of the J or Y, as in the line before us, or of the V or W, as in Tenuia and Fluviorum, Georgics, 1, 397 and 482. Nor is such conversion of the I and the U a fanciful innovation, unsanctioned by ancient authority, as may be fairly presumed in the case of the U, and positively concluded in that of the I, from the two subjoined hexameters of Lucretius, and the accompanying Phalecian of an anonymous ancient poet; since, on the one hand, the word Tenuis cannot otherwise be made to furnish the concluding spondee, and, on the other, Parieti necessarily must be read Pārjěti or Pār-yěti, to constitute a dactyl, the only foot admissible in its present sta

tion:

Propterea quia corpus aquæ natūrăque | tenuis
Aëris... (2, 232).

Quippe etenim ventus subtili corporě | tenuis
(4, 903).

Templi pārieti-|-bus tui notavi.

Besides, if the proceleusmatic and anapest were really admissible into the Latin heroic metre, and intentionally introduced by the poets, we might surely expect to find some examples less questionable than those where the I or the V is concerned: and, until some such are produced from good and unquestionable authority, it may be allowed to deny, or at least to doubt, the ligitimate admissibility of the proceleusmatic or anapest into Latin heroic verse.

336. Drymo--que Xan--thōque Ligëăquě Phyllodocēque (Drymoque casura ).

343. atqu' ĕphy--rē āt-l-qu' ōpis et asiă Dēïopēa

Ephyre

casura-preserved).

355. Tristis ǎristaus Pē--nei gěně--tōrĭs ǎd undām (Penei - synæresis ).

388. Cărulěūs Pro--teus mág-|-num qui piscibus æquor Proteus diphthong).

392. Grandævūs Nē--reus nō-|-vit nāmqu' ōmniă vātēs

(Nereus

diphthong).

422. intūs sē vāstī Prō-|-teūs těgit | ōbjicě | sāxi

(Proteus as in verse 388: objice — of objex, from objicio; for obex, without the J, has the first syllable short).

429. Quum Prō-|-teūs cōn-|-suētă pĕ-|-tēns ē fluctibus āntrā as above: consuēta synæresis).

(Proteūs

447. Scis Prō--teū scis | ipsě něqu' ēst të fallĕre quidquam diphthong, as in Proteus above).

( Proteu

453. Non te nulli-|-ūs ēx-|-ērcēnt nūminis īræ

461. implērunt montes flērunt Rhodo--pēža | arces Rhodopeia the E preserved from elision, and made short before the following vowel).

463. atque Gě-|-tā āt-|-qu' Hēbrus et actiăs ōri-|-thyia (Geta cæsura preserved: orithyia — the Y I a single syllable, as in the Greek: the verse spondaic. See Eneid, 12, 83.)

528. Hæc Prō--teūs ēt | sē jāctū dědit æquor în altūm ( Proteus diphthong, as before ).

545. 553.

inferias ōr-1-phei Lē--thæă păpāvĕră mittēs
inferias or--pheī mīt--tit lūcumque revisit
(Orphei in both cases synceresis ).

ENEID, 1.

16. Posthăbită călŭissě Să-|-mō hīc | illĭus ārmā

-preserved).

41. ūnius ob nōx' et furĭās ājācis ŏ-|-īleī

(Oilei synæresis).

73. Connubi--ō jungām stăbili proprĭāmque dĭcābō (the U in connubio may be considered as common ). 120. Jām vălid' ilio-|-nei nā-|-vēm jām fortis ǎchātā

(Ilionei

synæresis).

131. Eur' ad sē Zěphỹrumquě võ-|-cāt dehinc | tālĭă fātūr

( d'hinc

elision).

220. Præcipue pĭus ænēās nunc àcris ŏ-|-rōntei

(Orontei

synæresis).

256. ōscălă lībāvīt nā-|-tā dehīnc | tālĭă fātūr

308. Qui těněāt n' incultă vi-|-dēt homì-|-nēsně fĕrænē

332. Jāctémůr docĕās īgnār' hominumquě lò-|-cōrūmqu' Erramus.

(locorumqu' Erramus

synapheia, and elision).

405. ēt vēr' incēssu pătu--it děă | ill' ŭbĭ mātrēm (deǎ the A preserved from elision).

448. ærěă cui grădĭbūs sūrgēbānt limină | nexāqu' Ere trabes..

(nexæqu' re synapheia, and elision).

478. Pēr terr' ēt vērsā pūl-|-vīs īn-|-scribitur hāstā

500. Hinc atqu' hinc glomerantur ŏ-|-rēădes | illă phărētrām. 521. Maximus ilio--neus placi--do sic pectorě cœpit

(Ilioneūs

diphthong).

559. Talibus iliŏ-|-neūs cunc-|-ti sĭmul ōrě frěmēbānt (Ilioneus diphthong).

-

611. ilio--nēă pe--tit dextrā lævāque Sĕrēstūm

(Ilionea the E long, according to the Ionic dialect.) 617. Tun' ill' ænēās quēm Dārdănĭ-|-ō an-|-chisæ

(Dardaniō cæsura

preserved: spondaic verse ). 651. Pérgămă quùm pětě-|-rēt în-|-cōncēssōsqu' hýměnæōs (peterēt casura ).

668. Littoră jāctē-|-tūr ŏdĭ-|-īs Jūnōnis iniquæ

( jactetūr

casura).

7. Myrmidonum Dõlõpūmv' aūt dūrī mīlēs ŭ-|-lissei Ulyssei synæresis).

16. ædificant sectāqu' intexunt | ābiětě | cōstās

(ābjětě, or ab-yětě. See Georgics, 4, 297.) 68. Constitit atqu' oculis Phrygi' agmină circumspēxit (spondaic).

90. Gèssimus invidia postquam pēllācis ŭ-|-lyssei (Ulyssei synæresis).

318.

264. ēt Měně--laus ět | ipsě doli făbricator ĕ-|-pēōs. ecc' aūtēm tēlis Pan--thūs ē--lapsus ǎchivum Panthus ōthryădēs ārcis Phœbiquě săcerdos Quō rēs summă loco Pan--thū quam | prendimus

319.

322.

ārcēm

(Panthūs, Panthū

long, from the Greek OY ). 339. addunt sẽ socios Rhi--peus ēt | māxĭmus ārmis (Rhipeus diphthong).

369. Luctus ubique pă--vor et plūrimă mortis imagō (pavor casura ).

371. androge--us of--fert nobis soci' agmină crēdēns (Androgeūs, casura ).

394. Hoc Rhi--peus hoc | ipse Dymäs omnisquě jŭvēntūs (Rhipeūs diphthong).

411. Nōstrōr' ōbruí--mur ori-|-turque miserrimă cădes

419. Spūměŭs atqu' imo Ne--reus ciet | æquoră fundo diphthong).

(Nereus

426. Procumbit cădit et Rhi-|-peūs jūs-|-tīssĭmūs ūnūs (Rhipeus-diphthong).

429. Confix' a sociis nēc tē tuă plūrimă | Pānthū (Panthū See verse 322).

436. Jām grăviōr Pělĭās ēt vūlněrē tārdŭs ŭ-|-līsseī (Ulyssei-synæresis).

442. Hærent pārieti-|-būs scālā pōstesque sub ipsos (pārjētībus, or pār-yetibus. See Georgics, 4, 297.) 492. Custodes sufferre vălent lăbătăriětě | crēbrō (ārjětě, or ār-yětě. See Georgics, 4, 297.) 563. ēt dīrēptă dŏ-|-mūs ēt | pārvī cāsus ĭūlī ( domūs cæsura).

745. Quem non incusav' amens hominumquě dě-|-ōrūmqu' Aut quid in

( qu' Aut synapheia, and elision).

774. obstupů--i stětě-|-rūntquè com' ēt vox faucibus hæsit (stětěrantsystole).

ENEID, 3.

12. Cum sociis natoque Pěnātībus et magnis dis

(spondaic).

48. obstupůí stětěruntque, &c. as in Æneid, 2, 774. 74. Nērěĭdūm ma--tri et Neptū--no ā--gæō

(matri

casura― preserved: Neptuno

-

à spondaic verse).

91. Limină--que laū-|-rúsquě děi tōtūsque mõvērī
(liminaque casura ).

112. idæ
eumquě ně-|-mūs hinc | fidă sîlēntiă săcris
(nemus cæsura).

122. idomě--nēă du--cēm desertăque littoră Crēta

( Idomenea

the Ionic E long

the same:

Eta for E-psilon ).

135. Jamque fe-|-rē sīc-|-cō subductæ littorě pūppēs (fere E common).

136. Connubi--is-four syllables. See Eneid, 1, 73. 211. însălă | iŏni' in magno quas diră Cělænō

(insulă - the Æ preserved, and shortened before a vowel: iŏni' a dactyl).

212. Harpyi--æque colunt ǎliæ Phinēĭă postquam (Harpyia - Harpyi, a spondee: the YI a diphthong, as in the Greek Agrvia. See, below, verses 249 and 365.)

226. Harpyi' et magnis quătiunt clangōribus ālās ( Härpyi -as in the preceding line).

249. et pǎtri' Härpgi--as insōntes pellěrě rēgnō

(Harpyias Harpyi, a spondee. See verse 212.) 354. Aùlā' | în mědio libabant poculă Bacchi

(aulaï— antique diceresis of the diphthong E in the genitive aulæ. See Eneid, 6, 747, and 9, 26.)

365. Solă novum dictuquě něfās Har--pyiă Ce--læno (Harpyia — pyi, a diphthong. See verse 212.) 464. Donă de--hinc auro grăvi-|-a sec-|-toqu' ělěphanto (dehinc the E preserved from elision, and shortened before the I: graviā

-

casura ).

475. Conjugi' anchi-|-sā Věně-|-ris dignātě sŭpērbō ( Anchisă - A in the vocative

casura ). 504. atqu'idēm cā-|-sūs ū-|-nām făciēmus utrāmqué

(casus

casura).

517. ārmātūmq' aūrō circumspicit | ōri-|-ōnā

(spondaic).

549. Cornuă vēlātār' ōbvērtĭmus antēnnārūm

(spondaic ).

578. Fam' est encělădi sē-|-m'üstüm | fülmĭně cōrpūs (semiustum, sem'ūstum

elision).

606. Si pěrě--ō homĭ-|-nūm mănĭbūs pērlíssě jūvābit cæsura preserved).

(pereō

613. Sum pătrĭ' ex ĭthăcă comes infelicis ŭ-|-lÿssei (Ulyssei synæresis).

681. Constitě--rūnt silv' altă Jovis lucūsvě Dianæ (constiterunt systole ).

691. Littor' ǎcheměnĭdēs comes infelicis u-|-lysseī (Ulyssei-synæresis).

702. immanisque Gĕ-|-là flùvì-|-i cōgnōmině dictā

(Gelā

64. Pēctori--bus inhĭ-|-āns spīrantiă consulit extā

ENEID, 4.

casura ).

126. Cōnnŭbĭ-|-ō — four syllables. See Eneid, 1, 73. 146. Crētes--que Dryŏ-|-pesquě frèmunt pictiqu' ăgăthyrsi (Cretesque casura).

168. Connubi--is-four syllables. See Eneid, 1, 73. 222. Tum sic Mērcŭri' alloqui-|-tūr āc | tālĭă māndāt (alloquitur cæsura).

235. Quid struit aut qua | spē ini-|-mic' in gēntě mŏrātūr (spē-preserved from elision).