How Do You Know The Quantity Of Each Syllable In Latin Verses?
The use of metric meter varies from language to language. The beauty of Latin poetry can be found through its use of metric feet. The two primary metric feet used include dactyl, which consists of one long syllable and two short syllables, or the spondee, which consists of two long syllables. To be able to compose Latin verses, the quantity of each syllable of every word must be known, but a list of basic rules will help this task. The list will begin with STEP 2. A vowel that exists before another vowel in the same word has a short syllable. An example is the word fugiunt, where the i will stress the short syllable. A vowel before two consonants has a long syllable. Examples include rex and hostes, where the stress will be on the e in rex and the o in hostes. All diphthongs in Latin verse are long. An example is augere, where the au will have the long stress.
