- dactylic hexameter
- noun Prosody a hexameter consisting of five dactyls and either a spondee or trochee, in which any of the first four dactyls, and sometimes the fifth, may be replaced by a spondee.
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Dactylic hexameter — (also known as heroic hexameter ) is a form of meter in poetry or a rhythmic scheme. It is traditionally associated with the quantitative meter of classical epic poetry in both Greek and Latin, and was consequently considered to be the Grand… … Wikipedia
Hexameter — is a literary and poetic form, consisting of six metrical feet per line as in the Iliad . It was the standard epic metre in Greek and became standard for Latin too. It was also used in other types of composition in Horace s satires, for instance … Wikipedia
Dactylic pentameter — is a form of meter in poetry. It is normally found in the second line of the classical Latin or Greek elegiac couplet, following the first line of dactylic hexameter. The meter consists of two halves, both shaped around the dactylic hexameter… … Wikipedia
Dactylic metre — is any meter primarily composed of dactyls (long short short, or stressed unstressed unstressed). It may refer to: Dactylic tetrameter Dactylic pentameter Dactylic hexameter This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.… … Wikipedia
hexameter — hexametric /hek seuh me trik/, hexametrical, hexametral, adj. /hek sam i teuhr/, Pros. n. 1. a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl,… … Universalium
Hexameter — Der Hexameter (griechisch ἑξάμετρον, hexámetron, wörtlich „Sechs Maß“) ist das klassische Versmaß der epischen Dichtung. In dieser Verwendung wird er deshalb auch oft als epischer Hexameter bezeichnet, um ihn von seiner anderen klassischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hexameter — /hɛkˈsæmətə/ (say hek samuhtuh) noun 1. the dactylic verse of six feet, of Greek and Latin epic and other poetry (dactylic hexameter), in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a… …
dactylic — dactylically, adv. /dak til ik/, adj. 1. of, containing, or characterized by dactyls: dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line. 2. of a dactyl. n. 3. a dactylic verse. [1580 90; < L dactylicus < Gk daktylikós. See DACTYL, IC] * * * … Universalium
hexameter — n. a line or verse of six metrical feet. Phrases and idioms: dactylic hexameter a hexameter having five dactyls and a spondee or trochee, any of the first four feet, and sometimes the fifth, being replaceable by a spondee. Derivatives: hexametric … Useful english dictionary
hexameter — [hek sam′ə tər] n. [L hexameter < Gr hexametros: see HEXA & METER1] 1. a line of verse containing six metrical feet or measures; specif., the six foot dactylic line of classical verse, the first four feet of which may be either dactyls or… … English World dictionary
