hexameter
See also: Hexameter
English
Alternative forms
- hexametre
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: he‧xa‧me‧ter
Noun
hexameter (countable and uncountable, plural hexameters)
- (countable) A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
- 1908, Walter Wilson Greg, “[Preface]”, in G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wives Tale, 1595, [Oxford, Oxfordshire]: […] [F]or the Malone Society by Horace Hart […], at the Oxford University Press, published 1965, OCLC 229421532, page vi:
- The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango.
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- (uncountable) A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.
Synonyms
- sexameter (rare)
Related terms
- hexametral
- hexametric
- hexametrize
Translations
line in a poem
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poetic metre
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See also
- (poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter (Category: en:Prosody)
Anagrams
- hexametre
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hexameter, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɛkˈsaː.meː.tər/, /ɦɛkˈsaː.meː.tɛr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: he‧xa‧me‧ter
Noun
hexameter m (plural hexameters)
- hexameter
- Wie ook deze discours snapt, zal weten dat mij slechts dactylisch hexameter vertrouwd is en niets anders, geef me toch vrijheid!
- Who also understands this exposition, will know that only dactylic hexameter is familiar to me and nothing else, give me liberty!
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hekˈsa.me.ter/, [hɛkˈs̠ämɛt̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.me.ter/, [eɡˈzäːmet̪er]
Noun
hexameter m (genitive hexametrī); second declension
- hexameter
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | hexameter | hexametrī |
Genitive | hexametrī | hexametrōrum |
Dative | hexametrō | hexametrīs |
Accusative | hexametrum | hexametrōs |
Ablative | hexametrō | hexametrīs |
Vocative | hexameter | hexametrī |
References
- “hexameter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hexameter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hexameter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette