1828 C. B. Schade (ed. 4) xv. 533 The second foot then has either a masculine or feminine caesura.
1920 35 81 In many iambic pentameter verses the effect of the feminine caesura is weakened by the prevailing end-stopped lines.
2002 W. V. Clausen 39 The rhythm of Virgil's line—feminine caesura with diaeresis—is unique in the Aeneid.