Pherecrateus
Pherecrateus (Graece ) est versus Glyconeus catalecticus (gl^), cuius forma exemplaris haec est: 

 X X   — ∪ ∪ —   — 
 (ubi X = syllaba anceps; — = syllaba longa; ∪ = syllaba brevis).

Pherecrateus Pherecrateus 
Versus Pherecrateus a Pherecrate comico Aristophanis aequali dictus est, quod in comoediis suis huic rhythmo faverit. Hephaestio hos, quos Pherecrati adsignavit, versus adfert versuum Pherecrateorum specimen:

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| — —  — ∪ ∪ —  — 
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| — —  — ∪ ∪ —  —
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| — —  — ∪ ∪ —  —
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Apud alios poëtas 
Apud alios poëtas versus Pherecrateus saepe cum Glyconeo coniunctus invenitur. Itaque Euripides in Andromacha duobus Glyconeis (502-503) Pherecrateum (504) subicit: 

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| gl
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| — ∪ — ∪ ∪ — ∪ — 
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| gl
|  
| — ∪ — ∪ ∪ — ∪ —
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| pher
| 
| — ∪ — ∪ ∪ — —
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Horatius Pherecrateo usus est ad componendum stropharum genus, cui nomen est Asclepiadeo tricolo tetrastropho. Specimen (Hor. carm. 1.14):

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| ascl
| O navis, referent in mare te novi
| — — — ∪ ∪ — ┆ — ∪ ∪ — ∪ — 
|-
| ascl
| fluctus. o quid agis? fortiter occupa  
| — — — ∪ ∪ — ┆ — ∪ ∪ — ∪ — 
|-
| pher
| portum. nonne vides, ut
| — — — ∪ ∪ — —
|-
| gl
| nudum remigio latus
| — — — ∪ ∪ — ∪ —
|}

Derivativa Pherecratei species 
Pherecrateus, quamquam Glyconeus catalectus (gl^) describi solet, adeo sui iuris est, ut ipse quoque derivativae basis loco fungi possit. Itaque versus, qui Reizianus appellatur, a nonnullis Pherecrateus acephalicus (^pher) describitur:

Glyconeus et Pherecrateus eodem in versu compositi Priapeum faciunt. Specimen (Catullus 17.1):

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| gl pher
| O Colonia, quae cupis ponte ludere longo
| — ∪ — ∪ ∪ — ∪ — ┆ — ∪ — ∪ ∪ — —
|}

Notae

Bibliographia 
 Boldrini, Sandro (1992) La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani. Roma: Carocci. 
 Dale, Amy Marjorie (1948) The lyric metres of Greek drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 Korzeniewski, Dietmar (1989²) Griechische Metrik. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. [Prima editio: 1968]
 Koster, W.J.W. (1950) De studiis recentibus ad rem metricam pertinentibus. Mnemosyne IV:3, 21-53.
 Raven, D.S. (1998) Latin Metre. Bristol: Bristol Classical Press, 1998. [Prima editio: 1965]
 Snell, Bruno (1957) Griechische Metrik. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 
 West, Martin L. (1982) Greek Metre. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 

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