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.
Solvitur acris hyems, grata vice veris et Favoni:
Trahuntque siccæ machinæ carinas—