Definition of hexameter Hexameter
hex•am•e•ter
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What does hexameter mean?
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NounPlural: hexameters |
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| hexameter - a verse line having six metrical feet |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hexameter (n.)
A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. - hexameter (a.)
Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hexameter
hek-sam′et-ėr, n. a verse of six measures or feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the fifth a dactyl (sometimes a spondee), the sixth a spondee or trochee.—adj. having six metrical feet.—adjs. Hexamet′ric, -al.—n. Hexam′etrist, a writer of hexameters. [L.,—Gr. hex, six, metron, a measure.]
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🔤- hexameter, noun, singular of hexameters.
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