10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHORIAMBI»
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An essay on the modern pronunciation of the Greek and Latin ...
We have not many choriambi in English, that is, not many words in which we
make the first and last syllable long, and the two middle ones short ; and of them
none I believe are of Greek or Latin, or perhaps of Saxon origin ; several names
of ...
sir Uvedale Price (bart.),
1827
2
An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin ...
We have not many choriambi in English, that is, not many words in which we
make the first and last syllable long, and the two middle ones short; and of them
none I believe are of Greek or Latin, or perhaps of Saxon origin; several names of
...
3
A Grammar of the Latin Language: For the Use of Schools and ...
An epichoriambic verse is composed of one or more choriambi with some other
foot, especially a ditrochee or a second epitrite, joined with it. 1. The choriambic
pentameter consists of a spondee, three choriambi, and an iambus ; as, Tu no ...
Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard,
1870
4
Elements of Latin Prosody, etc
Species I. Choriambic Pentameter ( Cboriambs'c Alcaic) consists of a spondee,
three choriambi and an iambus; as Nfillim I vars sicr'i I vité prh'is I séver'ls an I
bbrém. Horace. I can produce no Latin verse with a trochee in the first foot, but
the ...
5
Exercises in Latin Prosody and Versification
The choriambic pentameter consists of a spondee, three choriambi, and an
iambus ; as JEtas | carpe diem | quam minimum | credula posftero. Horat. 32. The
choriambic tetrameter consists of three choriambi or feet of equal length, followed
by ...
6
A grammar of the Greek language, for the use of schools and ...
(Eurip. Orest. 988.) jiapfiupuiinr | av aiyXdv. (Soph. Antig. 610.) KaXvov omas [ (
pavrjaci. (Arist. Vesp. 526.) III. Choriambic dimeter acatalectic is either pure or
impure. The first consists of two
choriambi j as, pJivrXs <FitXay£ | ev rrpo<pep<£v
.
Charles Anthon, John Richardson Major,
1840
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The Bromsgrove Latin grammar [signed G.A.J.].
Choriambic lines are almost always mixed, the Choriambi being joined with other
feet. 1. A Choriambic Tetrameter contains three Choriambi, preceded by a
Spondee, and followed by an Iambus; as, Tu we I quceste'ris | scir% ntfds I quern
ml ...
George Andrew Jacob,
1841
The clwriambus occurs in Greek verse, not as the fundamental foot of a distinct
rhythm, but only as the resuft of syncope (895) in dactylic, anapaestic, and
logaoedic rhythms. For examples of choriambi thus produced, see 909 e, h, 919
e, 920.
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The Bromsgrove Latin grammar [signed G.A.J.]. By G.A. Jacob
A Tetrameter, with three choriambi, preceded by a spondee and followed by an
iambus ; — the Asclepiadeus major ,, as, tune I quasieris | scJrSnPfas | quemtriihi
quem | ftdi, Hor.O.i.l1. ii. A Tetrameter calalectic, with two choriambi, preceded by
...
George Andrew Jacob,
1858
10
The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of ...
The Choriambic 'pentameter consists of a spondee, three choriambi and an
iambus ; as. Tu ne | quaesieris | scire nef is | quem mini quem | tjUji. 2.
Choriambic tetrameter, consists of three choriambi, or feet equivalent in length
and a Bacchius ...