Brevis brevians, also known as iambic shortening or correptio iambica, is a metrical feature of early Latin verse, especially Plautus and Terence, in...
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Anceps (section Anceps vs. brevis in longo)
possibility of brevis in longo is found universally across all metres, while the anceps is found only in particular verse forms. Also, a brevis in longo is...
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βραχεῖα (sullabḕ brakheîa). In Latin the terms are syllaba longa and syllaba brevis. The process of deciding which syllables are long and which are short is...
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In Greek and Latin metre, brevis in longo (/ˈbrɛvɪs ɪn ˈlɒŋɡoʊ/; Classical Latin: [ˈbrɛwɪs ɪn ˈlɔŋɡoː]) is a short syllable at the end of a line that...
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The literal meaning of brevis breviāns is "a short syllable which shortens (a following long one)". As a rule, brevis breviāns is found in places in iambo-trochaic...
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exceptions to these rules are found, most notably the phenomenon called brevis brevians, in which an unstressed long syllable can be shortened after a short...
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(poetry) Metrical foot Metron (poetry) Brevis in longo Anceps Biceps (prosody) Resolution (meter) Brevis brevians Porson's Law Arsis and thesis Catalexis...
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(poetry) Metrical foot Metron (poetry) Brevis in longo Anceps Biceps (prosody) Resolution (meter) Brevis brevians Porson's Law Arsis and thesis Catalexis...
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feature found in Plautus and Terence, namely iambic shortening or brevis breviāns, where the syllables ab ex- are scanned as two short syllables. In...
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u – – Fusce, pharetrā... /=stressed syllable; ×=unstressed syllable; ∩=brevis in longo This can be translated as: 'A man of integrity, untainted by sin...
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shortening of post or pre-accentual syllables in Plautus and Terence by brevis brevians, for example, scansions such as senex and voluptātem with the second...
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| x — u — | u — — — As in all classical verse forms, the phenomenon of brevis in longo is observed, so the last syllable can actually be short or long...
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word velint "they wish" is pronounced as two short syllables (uu) by brevis brevians, a metrical feature common in Plautus. fūit here has a long ū, as sometimes...
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(poetry) Metrical foot Metron (poetry) Brevis in longo Anceps Biceps (prosody) Resolution (meter) Brevis brevians Porson's Law Arsis and thesis Catalexis...
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follows: x x – u u – u – Here "x" indicates an anceps, "–" a longum, and "u" a brevis. "x x" is known as the Aeolic base, which can be a spondeus "– –", a trochee...
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long syllables (except possibly at 1.15.36). The last syllable can have brevis in longo. Asclepiads were used in Latin by Horace in thirty-four of his...
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various single-short sequences (e.g. u – , u – u – , and, by the principle of brevis in longo, u – u – – , u – – , – ), with various additional allowances to...
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adest is shortened to two short syllables (u u) by a process known as brevis brevians, commonly found in early Latin comedies: adĕst adest fax / obvolūta...
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follows: uu uu u | uu u – – || uu uu u | uu u × "x" represents an anceps or brevis in longo a "u" represents a short syllable a "—" represents a long syllable...
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is, if the relevant hypothesis is accepted, generally considered long ("brevis in longo"), as in the opening line of Euripides' play The Bacchae: ἥκω Διὸς...
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is made catalectic, the final metron changes from x – ᴗ – to ᴗ – x (with brevis in longo at the end). For example, the iambic tetrameter catalectic is as...
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The final syllable of each line in the above fragment counts as short and brevis in longo is not observed. Horace composed some poems in the Alcmanian strophe...
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