Ratio legendi "GAZA" est longa-breuis (id est trochaeus), propterea quod nomen est recto casu numero singulari, ut demonstratur a uerbis "TROIA/" et ab "... EREPTA"(764).
Grato animo Carmine Iannicelli Scrive "Neal, Marla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The pattern I get when I scan it is s-s-s-d-d-s. The 'dam' elides with > 'ad' in the first foot; "Troia" is a dactyl because the 'i' really is an > 'i' in this instance. > > Marla Neal > Latin Instructor > Girls Preparatory School > 205 Island Avenue > Chattanooga, TN 37405 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Denise > Davis-Henry > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:05 AM > To: mantovano@virgil.org > Subject: > > Caris Amicis: My AP Vergil class has found a line from Bk II, 763, that > we > cannot fit into dactylic hexameter. > > It reads: praedam adservabant. Huc undique Troia > gaza > > > > Any advice? Denise D-Henry > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
