Néc co|ruscus | ímber | altō ‖ nū́bi|lō ca|dḗns | múltus
-́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ > # -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑ | ⏗́ | -́ ⏑
(Varro, _Sat. fr._ 557 Buech.).
2640. (1.) Substitutions are much rarer in this verse than in the
ordinary trochaic octonarius.
2641. (2.) The Scazon was introduced among the Greeks by Hipponax,
whence it is sometimes called the Hipponactean. Varro seems to be the
only Roman poet who uses it.