| A | B |
|---|
| anceps | u/- final syllable, also written as X |
| caesura | ll a division between words w/in a foot |
| dactyl | -uu metron that goes: long, short, short |
| diphthong | a pair of vowels pronounced as a single syllable |
| elision | sliding from the vowel at the end of one word into the vowel at the start of anotherof |
| foot | a rhythmic unit, another term for metron |
| a liquid | a consonant, such as L or R, that is pronounced without a stop |
| quantity | how long it takes to pronounce a vowel |
| resolution | substituting 2 short syllables for a long |
| spondee | -- metron that goes: long, long |
| a stop | a consonant such as t,d,p,b,k,g whose pronunciation requires stoppage of airflow |
| shave-and- a-haircut | the sound pattern of the 2 last feet of the hexameter line |
