Katà tríton trochaíon
Katà tríton trochaíon ( Greek κατὰ τρίτον τροχαῖον "(caesura) after the third trochaeus", Latin caesura trochaica ) denotes in ancient verse a caesura of the hexameter after the third trochaeus , that is, between the two abbreviations of the third dactyl . Scheme :
- - ◡◡ . - ◡◡ . —◡ ‖ ◡. - ◡◡ . - ◡◡ . - ×
According to a mechanistic interpretation, the first two syllables of a dactyl (—◡◡) are interpreted as trochaeus (—◡), hence the name. This turning point is rarer than the penthemimers known as the “heroic” turning point . In contrast to this, it is feminine because the colon ends with a depression.
As an example a verse of Virgil :
- fra̱ngeret i̱ndepre̱nsus ‖ et i̱nremea̱bilis e̱rror
- —◡◡. ——. —◡ ‖ ◡. —◡◡. —◡◡. —◡
and a German replica of the hexameter by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock :
- Silent vaulted arches that shatter the buildings
- —◡◡. —◡. —◡ ‖ ◡. —◡◡. —◡◡. —◡
literature
- Sandro Boldrini : Prosody and Metrics of the Romans. Teubner, Stuttgart & Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-519-07443-5 , p. 93.
- Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-47902-8 , p. 113.