Dochmius[1] (Graece δόχμιος < δοχμός 'obliquus'[2]) est metrum poeticum, quod proprie in tragoedia Graeca adhibetur ad exprimendam commotionem vel miseriam extremam. Sunt exempla in fabulis satyricis ludisque Aristophaneis, quae quidem saepe paratragica et concitata sunt.[3] Principale schema metricum dochmii est

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quamquam quaelibet syllabae longae resolvi possunt, et pro utraque duarum brevium longa substitui potest.

  1. Cic., Or. 64 fin.; Quint., Inst. 9.4.79.
  2. Frisk 1960: 413.
  3. West 1982: 108-109-

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