different between metrical vs hexameter
metrical
English
Etymology
From New Latin metricus +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?t??kl?/
Adjective
metrical (comparative more metrical, superlative most metrical)
- relating to poetic meter
- having a regular rhythm
- of or pertaining to measurement
Derived terms
- metrical structure
Related terms
- metric
Translations
Anagrams
- rice malt
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hexameter
English
Alternative forms
- hexametre
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- +? meter.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: he?xa?me?ter
Noun
hexameter (countable and uncountable, plural hexameters)
- (countable) a line in a poem having six metrical feet
- (uncountable) a poetic metre in which each line has six feet
Related terms
- hexametral
- hexametric
Translations
See also
- (poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter (Category: en:Prosody)
Anagrams
- hexametre
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hexameter, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hexámetros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k?sa?.me?.t?r/, /??k?sa?.me?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: he?xa?me?ter
Noun
hexameter m (plural hexameters)
- hexameter
Latin
Etymology
Derived from hexa- +? meter.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hek?sa.me.ter/, [h?k?s?äm?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek?sa.me.ter/, [???z??m?t??r]
Noun
hexameter m (genitive hexametr?); second declension
- hexameter
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
References
- hexameter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hexameter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hexameter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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