partheniac
See also: Partheniac
English
Alternative forms
- Partheniac
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac
Adjective
partheniac (not comparable)
- (obsolete)
- (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry) of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
- anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac[1][2]
- anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic[3]
- anapestic tetrameter catalectic[4]
Usage notes
Authors seem to disagree about what this term designates.
Noun
partheniac (plural partheniacs)
- (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, obsolete) a line of partheniac meter
References
- Bullions, Peter. The Principles of Latin Grammar. Pratt, Woodford, Farmer & Brace, 1854. 323
- Christiansen, Eric. "Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans." (1998). 217
- Lyne, Richard. The Latin Primer in Three Parts... C. Law, 1806. 221
- Grant, John. Institutes of Latin grammar... G. and WB Whittaker, 1823. 489
Anagrams
- parthenaic