2534. In the present work, the final syllable of each verse is marked
long or short as the rhythm may require, without reference to its
quantity in a given example; and in the general schemes it is to be
understood that the final syllable is _syllaba anceps_ (2533) unless the
contrary is expressly stated.
2535. DICOLIC AND ASYNARTETIC VERSES. A verse which consists of two
rhythmical series (or cola) is called _dicolic_. If the series of which
the verse is made up are quasi-independent of each other, so that hiatus
or syllaba anceps occurs in the caesura, the verse is styled
_asynartetic_ (Gr. ἀσυνάρτητος, _not joined together_).
2536. NAMES OF VERSES. Verses are called _trochaic_, _iambic_,
_dactylic_, &c., according to their fundamental (or characteristic)
feet. A verse which contains one foot (or one dipody if iambic,
trochaic, or anapaestic; see 2531) is called a _monometer_, one of two a
_dimeter_, one of three a _trimeter_, one of four a _tetrameter_, one of
five a _pentameter_, and one of six a _hexameter_.
Trochaic, iambic, and anapaestic verses are often named by Latin
adjectives in _-ārius_ (used as nouns) denoting the number of feet.
Thus, such a verse of eight feet is called an _octōnārius_, one of seven
a _septēnārius_, one of six a _sēnārius_, &c. A short verse which is
employed to close a system (2547), or to mark a metrical or musical
transition between longer verses, is called a _clausula_.