catalectic

catalectic

English

Etymology

From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατά (katá, “down, wholly”) + ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

Adjective

catalectic

1. (poetry) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
2. incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
   • 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography

     The process is not practised to any extent , but is a curious example of a catalectic action started by the impact of light

Translations

of poetry

German: katalektisch (de) Italian: cataletto Latin: catalecticus, catalectus, colobus or colobos Polish: katalektyczny

incomplete

Noun

catalectic (plural catalectics)

1. (poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.

Translations

Translations

Polish: kataleksa f

See also

• catalexis
• acatalectic
• brachycatalectic
• hypercatalectic
• hypercatalexis

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Romanian

Etymology

From French catalectique.

Adjective

catalectic m or n (feminine singular catalectică, masculine plural catalectici, feminine and neuter plural catalectice)

1. catalectic

Declension

Declension of catalectic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	catalectic		catalectică	catalectici	catalectice
	definite	catalecticul		catalectica	catalecticii	catalecticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	catalectic		catalectice	catalectici	catalectice
	definite	catalecticului		catalecticei	catalecticilor	catalecticelor