quis lacrimas, clades, praedas, incendia, mortes,Line 45 is an example of a hexameter consisting entirely of nouns in asyndeton (raptus is of course an accusative plural fourth declension noun here, not a participle). Similar examples (with different parts of speech), also from Corippus' Iohannis, include:
insidias, gemitus, tormentum, vincula, raptus
explicet aut miseros possit numerare dolores?
4.222 (where adulter is an adjective, not a noun):
perfĂdus, infelix, atrox, insulsus, adulter4.586:
magnanimus, mitis, sapiens, fortissimus, insons6.163:
ardet, anhelat, hiat, pallet, rubet, aestuat, algetTwo more examples, these from Corippus' In Laudem Iustini Minoris:
3.74:
saltatus, risus, discursus, gaudia, plausus4.44:
aesculus, alnus, acer, terebinthus, populus, ornusRelated posts: