Timeline for Having trouble understanding the scansion for the second line of the Aeneid
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| Aug 20, 2023 at 15:58 | comment | added | Draconis♦ | @Eli Regarding venit, I'd recommend asking that as another question, because it deserves more than just a comment! But yes, it can theoretically happen with any vowels; some combinations are much more frequent than others, and synizesis is rare enough that I'm guessing some pairs are entirely unattested, but I'm not aware of any combinations being actually forbidden. | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 14:49 | comment | added | Eli | That makes sense. This can happen, you're saying, with any two vowels that aren't diphthongs? Also, why is the 'i' in 'venit' short? I thought that the last foot was always a spondee in Dactylic Hexameter. | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 11:28 | vote | accept | Eli | ||
| Aug 20, 2023 at 3:22 | history | edited | Draconis♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 20, 2023 at 3:02 | history | answered | Draconis♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |