Diverbium

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A diverbium (from the Latin dis = apart and verbum = word) or deverbium is a conversation between two actors in ancient Roman comedy.

In contrast to the cantica, the diverbium was probably spoken without musical accompaniment. His meter was always the iambic senar . In the manuscripts, Diverbia were marked with DV .

literature

  • Timothy J. Moore: Music and Structure in Roman Comedy . In: American Journal of Philology 119, 2, 1998, pp. 245-273.
  • F. Ritschl: Canticum and diverbium in Plautus . In: Rheinisches Museum 26 (1871), pp. 599–637.
  • F. Ritschl: Addendum to "Canticum and diverbium in Plautus" . In: Rheinisches Museum 27 (1872) 186–192, Rheinisches Museum 27 (1872) 352ff. Reprinted in Opuscula Philologica 3 , Teubner, Leipzig 1877, pp. 1-54.