120 Austin Morris Harmon, 



These deficiencies are made j^ood, however, by Meyer's hst of 

 the various clausulae that he found in current use among Latin 

 authors. This Hst I reproduce in substance, though not in form, 

 since to avoid possible confusion it seems best to translate his data 

 into the terms of the classification which I have adopted. The 

 essential feature of this classification is that it groups the clausulae 

 first into forms on the basis of the accentual cadences they present, 

 and then into types of each form on the basis of word-division.^ 

 In the graphic illustrations of the different forms the sign r^ de- 

 notes a syllable, and accented syllables are distinguished from those 

 unaccented by a superposed cross. ^ 



Clausulae in which tivo unaccented syllables come between 

 the accented syllables 



I r^ r\j r\j f^ nu 



Types 3; (;') transferre sermonem, (6) accipimus dictum, {y 6) dicta 



sint carptim 



\\ r\j r\j r\j rLi r\j i^u 



Types : {y) suscepi provinciam, {6) animi poscitur, {y 6) argumento 



vel ordine 

 Clausulae in which four unaccented syllables come between 

 the accented syllables 



III n^ n^ r^^ r\j rsj r\j r\j 



Types : {6) lapide disparatae, [6 f ) la])ide sic paratae, (;') deseruisse 



convincebatur 



1 The terms form and type are borrowed from Zielinski {Philol. Supp/e- 

 mentbd. IX p. 606), and the classilicatiou is parallel to his. Meyer's 

 system is not strictlj^ logical, nor is it flexible enough; though by em- 

 phasizing the type- distinctions in forms I and II it has the merit of 

 accenting their stjdistic importance. 



* In the face of Zielinski's protest I retain Mej^er's sign rsj ; note, liow- 

 ever, that I do not use it to express the fact that a syllable may be 

 either long or short, but simply to avoid implication of its quantity. It 

 is therefore employed only when syllable-count is in question and not 

 quantity, and for this purpose it is indispensable. 



' The Greek letters that denote the t^^pes are easilj' fixed in mind by 

 connecting J with diaeresis. The s^'stem of nomenclature is fully explained 

 on p. 178. 



