GLYCONIC (from Glycon, a

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• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek lyric poet)  , a form of verse, best known in Catullus and Horace (usually in the catalectic variety = _ a), with three feet—a spondee and two dactyls; or four—three trochees and a dactyl, or a dactyl and three chorees . Sir R . Jebb pointed out that the last form might be varied by placing the dactyl second or third, and according to its--place this verse was called a First, Second or Third Glyconic . Cf . J . W . White, in Classical Quarterly (Oct . 1909) .