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单词 partheniac
释义

partheniac

See also: Partheniac

English

Alternative forms

  • Partheniac

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, maiden; virgin) + -ac

Adjective

partheniac (not comparable)

(obsolete)
  1. (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry) of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
    1. anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac[1][2]
    2. anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic[3]
    3. anapestic tetrameter catalectic[4]

Usage notes

Authors seem to disagree about what this term designates.

Noun

partheniac (plural partheniacs)

  1. (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, obsolete) a line of partheniac meter

References

  1. Bullions, Peter. The Principles of Latin Grammar. Pratt, Woodford, Farmer & Brace, 1854. 323
  2. Christiansen, Eric. "Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans." (1998). 217
  3. Lyne, Richard. The Latin Primer in Three Parts... C. Law, 1806. 221
  4. Grant, John. Institutes of Latin grammar... G. and WB Whittaker, 1823. 489

Anagrams

  • parthenaic
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