Latin hexameter the fifth foot is usually a dactyl, and a spondee is also rare in the third foot in Greek hexameter. The sixth foot can be filled by either a trochee or a spondee. Thus a dactylic hexameter line is scanned as follows:

: -- ? ? | -- ? ? | -- ? ? | -- ? ? | -- ? ? | -- ×

An example of this in Latin is the first line of Virgil's Aeneid:

: arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
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