Dipody
A dipody ( Greek διποδία dipodia "double foot"), even syzygy is in the Verslehre a two Versfüßen existing metric unit.
In connection with the ancient metron one speaks of dipody with the verse feet iambus , trochaeus and anapest , where the metron consists of two feet. These feet are called dipodic . With all other feet of verse, such as Dactylus or Kreticus , the foot of the verse corresponds to the metron, and is accordingly called monopodic . Therefore a dactylic hexameter (“hexa-” = six) consists of six dactyls, an iambic trimeter (“tri-” = three) but also of six feet (3 meters with 2 iambi each).
As a meter , a designated dipody (or Binar ) a two Versfüßen verse . One speaks here of the metric dipody . In metric notation , the dipody is identified by the superscript number 2 after the abbreviation of the foot of the verse. Examples are relatively rare in Latin poetry:
- Iambic Dipody (yes 2) at Plautus according to the scheme × —ˌ◡ ◠ .
- Trochaic Dipody (tr 2) only with Plautus according to the scheme - × ˌ— ×. A special form of the trochaic dipody according to the scheme —◡◡◡— is called thymelicus .
- Anaesthetic Dipody (on 2) with Plautus and Seneca according to the scheme ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ ×
- Cretan Dipody (cr 2) according to the scheme —◡ — ˌ — ◡ ◠ in Plautus and Livius Andronicus .
- Bacchic Dipody (ba 2) according to the scheme × ——ˌ × - ◠ in Plautus, Caecilius Statius and Marcus Pacuvius .
The dipodiums of those verse feet whose metron consists of two feet, thus yes 2, tr 2 and on 2, can also be viewed as monometers .
Finally, in the accent-oriented metric that distinguishes main and secondary accents , one speaks of rhythmic dipody when the main and secondary accents regularly alternate in a sequence of feet, in contrast to rhythmic monopody, which results when the accents are all equivalent. Depending on whether the main emphasis is first or second, one speaks of falling or rising dipody .
literature
- Sandro Boldrini : Prosody and Metrics of the Romans. Teubner, Stuttgart & Leipzig 1999, pp. 99, 118f., 124, 128.
- Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-47902-8 , p. 43f.
- Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 159.