- phalaecean
- pha·lae·ce·an
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phalaecean
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phalaecean — |falə|sēən noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek phalaikeion phalaecean (from Phalaikos Phalaecus, Greek poet) + English an : a hendecasyllabic verse in Greek and Latin prosody that is a glyconic with three additional syllables… … Useful english dictionary
Hendecasyllabic verse — The Hendecasyllabic verse is a quantitative metre used by Catullus. It has a rhythmic pattern that repeats with every eleven syllables, hence the name. The pattern is as follows (L = long syllable, s = short syllable, | = foot division)::L L | L… … Wikipedia
