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d. QUINARY OR HEMIOLIC1 MEASURES (5/8)

  1. Cretic (): as, cōnsŭlēs.
  2. Pæon prīmus（): as, cōnsŭlĭbŭs.
  3. Pæon quārtus (): as, ĭtĭnĕrì.
  4. Bacchīus (): as, ămīcōs.

Note.--Several compound feet are mentioned by the grammarians, viz. Pyrrhic（˘ ˘); Amphibrach（˘ ¯ ˘); Antibacchīus (¯ ¯ ˘); Proceleusmatic (˘ ˘ ˘ ˘); the Molossus (¯ ¯ ¯); the 2d and 3d Pæon, having a long syllable in the 2d or 3d place, with three short ones; 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Epitrĭtus, having a short syllable in the 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th place, with three long ones.

1 Called hemiolic, the two parts being in the ratio of 1 to 11/2, or of 2 to 3.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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