different between dactylic vs elegiac
dactylic
English
Etymology
dactyl +? -ic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæk.?t?.l?k/
Adjective
dactylic (comparative more dactylic, superlative most dactylic)
- (prosody) of or consisting of dactyls.
Translations
Noun
dactylic (plural dactylics)
- a dactylic verse.
See also
- dactylically
dactylic From the web:
- what's dactylic tetrameter
- what is dactylic hexameter
- what is dactylic dimeter
- what does dactylic mean
- what is dactylic meter
- what is dactyl in poetry
- what does dactylic hexameter sound like
- what does dactylic dimeter mean
elegiac
English
Etymology
From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin eleg?acus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (elegeiakós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??d?a??k/, /??l??d?a?æk/
- Rhymes: -a??k, -a?æk
Adjective
elegiac (comparative more elegiac, superlative most elegiac)
- Of or relating to an elegy.
- Expressing sorrow or mourning.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
elegiac (plural elegiacs)
- A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
Romanian
Etymology
From French élégiaque.
Adjective
elegiac m or n (feminine singular elegiac?, masculine plural elegiaci, feminine and neuter plural elegiace)
- elegiac
Declension
elegiac From the web:
- what's elegiac mean
- what's elegiac tone
- elegiaco what does it mean
- what is elegiac poetry
- what does elegiac mean in literature
- what is elegiac meter
- what is elegiac broadside
- what is elegiac form
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