In eodem contextu metrico verbum dactylicum TROIA cum diaeresi inueniri potest etiam in Verg. Aen. 3,306. 509; 5,599; 7,521; 11,350 inque aliis poetis.
Carmine Scrive [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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? > > Remember that vowel + final m is elided before initial vowel or h, and that > Troia here is an adjective and not a noun: the line scans (| = division > between feet, || caesura) > > prae-d(am)ad|ser-va|bant. || huc | un-di-que | Tro-i-a | ga-za > > spondee, spondee, spondee, dactyl, dactyl, and final spondee with short > syllable in place of long. > > Leofranc Holford-Strevens > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
