| Every pentameter of the amatory poems and the first fifteen Heroides ends in a disyllable. |
| Moreover, each 7-syllable line ends with a disyllable with emphasis on the penultimate syllable while the 5-syllable lines conclude with accented monosyllables. |
| A disyllable consists of two syllables, and a trisyllable of three. |
| A disyllable or disyllabic word has two syllables, a trisyllable or trisyllabic word has three. |
| This revision classifies 'aasta and 'aastaid as trisyllabic by treating the initial syllable 'aast as the disyllable from which it is historically derived. |
