anacreontic
See also: Anacreontic
English
Etymology
From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/
Adjective
anacreontic (comparative more anacreontic, superlative most anacreontic)
- (prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter. [from 17th c.]
- Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous. [from 17th c.]
- 1980, Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer, ch. 10:
- [T]he false Thecla […] had initiated me into the anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.
- 1980, Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer, ch. 10:
Translations
pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
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Noun
anacreontic (plural anacreontics)
- (poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.
Translations
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Anagrams
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Romanian
Etymology
From French anacréonthique.
Adjective
anacreontic m or n (feminine singular anacreontică, masculine plural anacreontici, feminine and neuter plural anacreontice)
- anacreontic
Declension
Declension of anacreontic
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | anacreontic | anacreontică | anacreontici | anacreontice | ||
definite | anacreonticul | anacreontica | anacreonticii | anacreonticele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | anacreontic | anacreontice | anacreontici | anacreontice | ||
definite | anacreonticului | anacreonticei | anacreonticilor | anacreonticelor |