penthemimeres

penthēmĭmĕres or -is, is, f., = πενθημιμερής (sc. τομή; consisting of five halves, i. e. of 2 1/2 parts),

• a part of a verse, consisting of its first two feet and a half, esp. of a hexameter or iambic trimeter, a penthemimeris, Aus. Ep. 4, 85 and 89; Diom. 497, 8; Ter. Maur. p. 2440 P.

penthēmimerēs, Akk. ēn, f. (πενθημιμερής, aus fünf halben, d.i. 2¹/₂ Teilen bestehend), verst. tome (τομή), der Versabschnitt nach der ersten Hälfte des dritten Fußes, bes. im Hexameter u. jambischen Trimeter, die Penthemimeres, rein lat. semiquinaria (verst. insectio), Auson. epist. 4, 86 u. Cento nupt. 1. p. 140, 23 Schenkl. Diom. 497, 8 u. 11. Serv. de cent. metr. 457, 9 K. Ter. Maur. v. 1725 (wo pentemimeris). – Dav. penthēmimericus, a, um, penthemimerisch, metrum, Plot. de metr. 512, 19 K.

penthemimeres [LL < πενθημιμερής= that consists of five halves] , (metr., w. ref. to caesura) that occurs after two and a half feet, penthemimeric. b (as sb. f.) penthemimeric caesura, caesura that occurs at the middle of the third foot of a line of verse. c portion of a line of verse that consists of two and a half feet, half of a pentameter. quae est caesura pentimemeris [v. l. pintimemeris] et qualiter interpretatur? pentimemeris Latine semiquinaria dicitur Aldh. Met. 10 p. 95; pentimimeres [v. l. pentemimere septemimeres] caesura fit quotiens post duos pedes syllaba remanens partem terminat orationis Bonif. Met. 110.  b quibus indesinenter secundum poeticae traditionis disciplinam cola vel commata seu pentimemerin et eptimemerin annectere progressis binis aut ternis pedibus procuravi Aldh. Met. 6; hujuscemodi versum pentimemere vel eptimemere carentem modernus usus in exametro dactilico non libenter admittit Ib. 10 p. 93; pentimemeris in versu heroico dicitur ubi post duos pedes sequitur sillaba quae partem orationis terminet Ib. 10 p. 95; et si non post duos vel tres pedes syllaba superfuerit, quod pentimemerim et eptimemerim [v. l. penthemimerim et hephthemimerim] vocant, ratus haberi versus nequit Bede AM 116; penthemimeren esse, cum duos pedes sequitur syllaba, quae partem terminat orationis Bonif. Met. 112; sola nobis pentimemeris est relicta, de hoc ‥ vehementer admiror quod adeo audaces sumus in pentimemerim [v. l. pentemenerium] incidisse quam auctores adeo vitaverunt Gerv. Melkley AV 208.  c cum universi qui hoc metro [sc. pentametro] usi sunt versum omnem in medio diviserint, quem duabus pentimemeris [vv. ll. pentememiris, penthememeris] constare voluerint, quarum prior dactylum sive spondeum licenter in utraque regione recipit, posterior solum dactylum in utraque Bede AM 110.

penthēmĭmĕrēs, is, f. (πενθημιμερής), penthémimère [sorte de césure, après cinq demi-pieds ou deux pieds et demi] : Aus. Ep. 4, 86 ; Diom. 497, 8 || -mĕrĭcus, a, um, Plot. Metr. 512, 19 K.