Octonary
A Oktonar ( latin octonarius "octopartite") is in the Verslehre an eight Versfüßen existing meter . In metric formula notation , the octonary is marked by the superscript number 8 after the abbreviation of the foot of the verse.
The (rare) term octapody ( Greek ὀκτάπους "eight-footed") is also largely synonymous , with the term octonary being used more in Latin poetry and the term octapody more in Greek poetry.
Examples of octonars in Latin poetry are:
- Iambic octonary (yes 8):
- × —ˌ × —ˌ × —ˌ◡ ◠ ‖ × —ˌ × —ˌ × —ˌ◡ ◠
- Trochaic octagon (tr 8), also with a caesura after the fourth foot:
- —◡ˌ— × ˌ — ◡ˌ— ◠ ‖ —◡ˌ— × ˌ — ◡ˌ— ◠
- Anapaesthetic octonary (on 8) or anaesthetic tetrameter :
- ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ ◠ ‖ ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ ◠
In the case of monopodic feet, where the foot corresponds to the metron , the octonary and octapody would in principle be the same as an octameter , i.e. a meter consisting of eight meters. Because of the resulting excessive length (a dactylic octameter could be up to 24 syllables long), such verses are very rare.
With the dipodic verse feet iambus , trochaeus and anapaest , where a metron consists of two verse feet, the octonary corresponds to the tetrameter , in particular:
- Catalectic trochaic tetrameter (tr qc)
- —◡— × ˌ — ◡— × ˌ — ◡— × ˌ — ◡—
literature
- Sandro Boldrini : Prosody and Metrics of the Romans. Teubner, Stuttgart & Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-519-07443-5 .
- Dieter Burdorf, Christoph Fasbender, Burkhard Moennighoff (ed.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. 3rd edition Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 572.