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Updated: June 23, 2025
We are not allowed to use our words in that manner, not even if we wish to; and this is shown even by those unpolished speeches of Cato. It is shown by all the poets except those who sometimes had recourse to a hiatus in order to finish their verse; as Naevius "Vos, qui accolitis Istrum fluvium, atque Algidam." And again "Quam nunquam vobis Graii atque Barbari." But Ennius does so only once
Even the rude and unpolished Orations of Cato are a proof of this; as are likewise all our poets, except in particular instances, in which they were obliged to admit a few breaks, to preserve their metre. Thus we find in Naevius, "Vos QUI ACCOLITIS histrum FLUVIUM ATQUE ALGIDUM." And in another place, "Quam nunquam vobis GRAII ATQUE Barbari." But Ennius admits it only once, when he says,
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