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For questions regarding caesura, a certain kind of pause in ancient poetry. Consider using also broader tags about poetry or poetic meters.

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Caesura before or after "-que"

Can a word with the enclitic "-que" still have a caesura before the que? E.g. in the verse: Arma virumque cano ... is there a caesura between virum and que. Or is there no caesura since the ...
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