A dictionary of Latin quantities: or prosodian's guide to the different quantities of every syllable in the Latin language, alphabetically arranged: to which is prefixed A treatise on prosody

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T. Cadell, Strand; and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1827
 

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Seite xxx - ROMAN ANTIQUITIES : or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans.
Seite xiii - The Sapphic verse, invented by the poetess Sappho, consists of five feet, the first a trochee, the second a spondee and sometimes a trochee, the third a dactyle, and the fourth and fifth trochees; as, Cjete|ris ma|jor tibi | miles Impar.
Seite xi - Set of six musical pieces or songs. Hexameter. In ancient poetry, a verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth always a dactyl and the sixth a spondee, or a trochee. Hexaphonic. Composed of six voices. Hexastich (Gr.) (hëx-aj-tïch.) A poem of six verses.
Seite xxx - FRENCH REMEMBRANCER; or, a New and Easy Method of recollecting the Genders of the French Nouns Substantive, by means of a complete Analytical Vocabulary of {all French Nouns, alphabetically arranged according to their terminations, and interspersed with short Familiar Exercises.
Seite xxx - Juventus adeat librum utilissimum, A Summary of Geography and History, both Ancient and Modern : by Alexander Adam, LL. D. p. 12, sqq.] Quod autem ad haecce Áurea Carmina attinet, quae sub nomine Pythagorae circumferuntur, quoniam...
Seite xxix - A GRAMMAR of the GREEK LANGUAGE ; originally composed for the College School at Gloucester.
Seite xiv - Horace ; and it has been thought by some that such fines should be considered as one verse of seven feet, the fifth foot being either a spondee or a trochee. III. The Phalacian verse consists of five feet — the first a spondee, the second a dactyl, and the three others trochees ; as, Non est | vlverl, | sed va- | lerg | vita.
Seite xvi - Iambic, except that it has always an Iambus in the fifth place, and a Spondee in the sixth : as, Cur In | thea | trum CatO | s£ve | rC.

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