Séquere | sīs, erŭm | quī́ lū|dificās # díctīs | dēlī|ránti|bus
quī quoni(am) | erŭs quod | ímpe|rāvit # néglē|xistī | pérse|quī,
núnc ve|nīs eti(am) | últr(ō) in|rīsum # dóminum|:
quae neque | fī́e|rī
póssunt | neque fan|d(ō) úmqu(am) ac|cēpit # quísquam | prōfers,
| cárnu|fex.
(Pl. _Am._ 585.)
⏑́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏖ | -́ > | ⏑̇ ⏑ > # -́ > | -̇ > | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⌃
-́ ⏖ | ⏑̇ ⏑ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ > # -́ > | -̇ > | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⌃
-́ ⏑ | -́ ⏖ | -́ > | -̇ > # ⏑́ ⏑ > | -̇ ⏖ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⌃
-́ > | ⏑̇ ⏑ > | -́ > | -̇ > # -́ > | -̇ > | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⌃
2631. (1.) When there is a diaeresis after the fourth foot, the verse is
_asynartetic_ (2535). In Plautus hiatus in the diaeresis is not rare;
but there seems to be no _certain_ instance of it in Terence (see _Ph._
528, _Ad._ 697).
2632. (2.) An anapaest is not allowed to follow a dactyl.
2633. (3.) The seventh foot is usually a trochee; rarely a tribrach or
dactyl. The tribrach and dactyl are seldom found in the fourth foot.
(B.) Later Usage.
2634. The later and stricter form of the Septenarius keeps the arses of
the odd feet pure, and regularly shows a diaeresis after the fourth
foot.
-́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑͐ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑͐ # -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑͐ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⌃
Resolutions occur, but are far less common than in the earlier form of
the verse. The strict form of the Septenarius is found in Varro, Seneca,
and often in late poets (as Ausonius, Prudentius, &c.).