Hephthemimeres
Hephthemimeres ( Greek ἑφθ 'ἡμίσεα μέρη , Latin caesura semiseptinaria "seven half parts", namely half verse feet ) is a caesura in the ancient verse after the seventh half foot of a verse, i.e. in the fourth footer. For example in the hexameter
- - ◡◡ .— ◡◡ .— ◡◡ .— ‖ ◡◡ .— ◡◡ .— ×
and in the iambic trimeter :
- ◡ — .◡ — .◡ — .◡ ‖ —.◡ — .◡—
The Hephthemimeres occurs in the hexameter mostly together with a Trithemimeres after the third half-foot as a secondary caesura, here with | marked:
- - ◡◡ .— | ◡◡ .— ◡◡ .— ‖ ◡◡ .— ◡◡ .— ×
So also in this verse from Catullus :
- E̱umenide̱s, | quibus a̱nguino̱ ‖ redimi̱ta capi̱llo
- —◡◡.— | ◡◡. — ◡◡.— ‖ ◡◡. — ◡◡. — ◡
as well as this replica of the hexameter by Hölderlin :
- Yes, of course! | The country of birth is the soil of the home, [...]
- —◡.— | ◡◡. — ◡— ‖ ◡ — ◡◡ — ◡
The meter in the German hexameter can be implemented with double abbreviation (◡◡, dactylic ) or short syllable (◡, trochaic ).
Or in Goethe's Reineke Fuchs :
- No'bel the king assembles the court; ‖ And his vasles [...]
- —◡◡. — ◡◡. — ◡◡— ‖ ◡ — ◡◡ — ◡
literature
- Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-47902-8 , p. 91.
- Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 312.