Systole
As systole ( Greek συστολή "contraction") is in the ancient Verslehre one from the meter forced reduction of a long vowel or diphthong called. As an example, the following verse by Virgil ( Eklogen 4,61), in which the "e" in "tulerunt" is shortened systolic:
- matri longa decem tul e runt fastidia menses
The opposite is the diastole ( διαστολή "expansion"), in which the meter forces the lengthening of a short vowel.
literature
- Dieter Burdorf, Christoph Fasbender, Burkhard Moennighoff (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon literature. Terms and definitions. 3. Edition. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 749.
- Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , pp. 169, 806.