Examples are:--

Quod lúbet | nōn lubet # iam cón|tinuō.

Ita m(ē) Ámor| lass(um) ani|mī lū́|dificat,

fugat, ágit | appetĭt # raptát | retinet (Pl. _Cist._ 214).

This verse is often used to form systems, which frequently end in a

paroemiac (see 2688).

THE ANAPAESTIC DIMETER CATALECTIC (or _Paroemiac_).

2688. This verse consists of two anapaestic dipodies or four anapaestic

feet, the last foot being incomplete. The third thesis is sometimes

resolved. There is no fixed caesura. The scheme is:--

⏑ ⏑ -́ | ⏑ ⏑ -̇ | ⏑ ⏑ -́ | ⏑ ⏑ ⌅

- -́ | - -̇ | - -́ |

- ⏑́ ⏑ | - ⏑̇ ⏑ | - ⏑́ ⏑ |

⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏑ ⏑̇ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑ |

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