Ades, ínquit, | Ō Cybḗbē, ‖ fera mónti|um deá (Maecenas).
⏑ ⏑ -́ ⏑ | - ⏑ -́ - # ⏑ ⏑ - ⏑ | - ⏑ ⏓́ ⌅
Super álta | vectus Áttis ‖ celerī́ ra|te mariá (Catullus 63, 1).
⏑ ⏑ -́ ⏑ | - ⏑ -́ - # ⏑ ⏑ -́ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏓́ ⌅
Quō nṓs de|cet citā́tīs # celerā́re | tripudiī́s (_Id._ 63, 26).
- -́ ⏑ | - ⏑ -́ - # ⏑ ⏑ -́ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ -́ ⌅
Ego iúvenis, | eg(o) adulḗscēns # eg(o) ephḗbus,| ego puér
(_Id._ 63, 63).
⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ -́ - # ⏑ ⏑ -́ ⏑ | ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏓́ ⌅
Tibi týpana | nōn inā́nī ‖ sonitū́ mā|tri’ deúm
(Varro, _Sat. Men._ 132 Buech.).
⏑ ⏑ ⏑́ ⏑ ⏑ | - ⏑ -́ - # ⏑ ⏑ -́ - | ⏑ ⏑ ⏓́ ⌅
2715. It has been suggested that Catullus probably #felt# the rhythm not
as Ionic, but as trochaic or logaoedic:--
⏖͕ | ⏔́ ⏑ | ⏔̇ ⏑ | ⏗́ | -̇ # ⏖͕ | ⏕́ ⏑ | ⏕̇ ⏑ | -́ ⌃,
or the like.
This view has much in its favour; but the true nature of the rhythm is
still matter of dispute.