The data for this study have been collected classified counted and numeri cally evaluated by
the author personally. Their presentation in full allows verification and opportunity for
further observation and experiment. The texts for the first two sections and for the humanists
Politian Sannazarius and Faustus Andrelinus (the 'puritans') have been read for 'homs' at
least twice the rest once. Further examination of these latter might be expected to yield some
unnoticed 'homs' perhaps to the order of an added 10% but nearly all would be in the 'omega'
category mostly '()ls' merely reinforcing the evidence already assembled. An article
'Homoeoteleuton in non-dactylic Latin verse' (Riv. di Fil. 120 (1992). 61-71) was submitted for
publication before work began on the present study of which it is wholly independent. Two
important differences emerge. First the incidence of 'hom' in classical dactylic verse with
some exceptions (notably Horäce early and late Ovid Germanicus and Manilius) is far lower. A
superficial observation indicates that the same holds good for Greek verse. Secondly
non-dactylic verse seems to take no special account of the 'alpha' category (noun plus
attribute) so that its importance in dac tylic verse came as a surprise. Ann Arbor 1993 D. R.
Shackleton Bailey CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY ................................. . 1 CLASSICAL AND
PRECLASSICAL ..................... . 11 Appendix Vergiliana ..................................
. 11 Calpurnius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... . 15 Catullus
.......................................... . 16 Cicero
........................................... . 18 Columella
......................................... . 20 Consolatio Liviae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .......... . 20 Ennius ........................................... . 21
Germanicus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................... . 24 Grattius
.......................................... . 25 Horace
........................................... . 26 Bias Latina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. ...................... . 32 Juvenal ........................................... . 34 Laus
Pisonis . . . . . . . . . . . ............................ . 36 Lucan
............................................ . 37 Lucretius
.......................................... . 41 Lygdamus
......................................... . 48 Manilius
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