Neque quód | dubitem | neque quód | timeam #
me(ō) ĭn péc|tore con|ditŭmst cṓn|silium (Pl. _Ps._ 575).
Quid míhi | meliust | quid mágis | in remst #
qu(am) ā cór|pore vī|tam sḗ|clūdam (Pl. _R._ 220).
2685. The proceleusmatic is very rare in the fourth foot, but the
spondee is very common there. Some editors divide the anapaestic
octonarii into dimeters (or _quaternarii_) and write them as such.
[Erratum:
2684 ... me(ō) ĭn péc|tore con|ditŭmst cṓn|silium
me(ō) ĭn péc | tore con | ditŭmst cṓn | silium]
THE ANAPAESTIC TETRAMETER CATALECTIC (or _Septenarius_).
2686. This is like the preceding, except that the last foot is
incomplete. The seventh thesis may be resolved. There is regularly a
diaeresis after the fourth foot, and hiatus and _syllaba anceps_
sometimes occur in the diaeresis. The scheme is:--
⏖ -́ | ⏖ -̇ | ⏖ -́ | ⏖ -̇ # ⏖ -́ | ⏖ -̇ | ⏖ -́ | ⏑ ⌅
- -́ | - -̇ | - -́ | - -̇ # - -́ | - -̇ | - -́ |
- ⏑́ ⏑ | - ⏑̇ ⏑ | - ⏑́ ⏑ | - ⏑̇ ⏑ # - ⏑́ ⏑ | - ⏑̇ ⏑ | - ⏑́ ⏑ |
⏖ ⏑́ ⏑ | ⏖ ⏑̇ ⏑ | ⏖ ⏑́ ⏑ | [⏖ ⏑̇ ⏑] # ⏖ ⏑́ ⏑ | ⏖ ⏑̇ ⏑ | ⏖ ⏑́ ⏑ |