| A | B |
|---|
| spondee | A metrical foot composed of a pair of long syllables. (--) |
| dactyl | A metrical foot composed of a long syllable followed by 2 short syllables.(-uu) |
| iamb | A metrical foot composed of a short syllable followed by a long syllable. (u-) |
| trochee | A metrical foot composed of a long syllable followed by a short syllable.(-u) |
| diphthong | A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another. Examples: -ae, -oe |
| macron | A “long mark” that designates a vowel of double length. (ārmă vĭ/rūmquĕ) |
| breve | A “short mark” that designates a vowel pronounced as one unit.( ārmă vĭ/rūmquĕ) |
| pentameter | A line of verse consisting of 5 metric feet. |
| hexameter | A line of verse consisting of 6 metric feet. |
| elision | The omission or slurring of the final vowel sound when a word that ends in a vowel (or the letter –m) is followed by a word that begins in a vowel.(mūltum īlle ēt terrīs) |
