ACATALECTIC, a term in ancient poetry for such verses as have all their feet or syllables, in contradistinction to those that have a syllable too few. The first verse of the two following from Horace is acatalectic or complete, the last is catalectic or deficient.
Soluitur aeris hyems, grata vice veris et Favoni's
Trahuntque fœcas machinæ carinas—