- hipponactean
- hip·po·nac·te·an
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hipponactean
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hipponactean — I. |hipəˌnak|tēən, |naktē adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Hipponacteus of Hipponax (from Hipponact , Hipponax, 6th century B.C. Greek poet reputed to have invented the choliamb, from Greek Hippōnakt , Hippōnax) + English an … Useful english dictionary
hipponactean distich — noun Usage: usually capitalized H : a distich composed of a catalectic trochaic dimeter and iambic trimeter … Useful english dictionary
List of classical meters — The following meters were used in Greek poetry and borrowed into Latin poetry in the classical period:Major Forms*Dactylic hexameter *Elegiac couplet, consisting of a line of dactylic hexameter and one of dactylic pentameter *Iambic… … Wikipedia
Aeolic verse — is a classification of Ancient Greek lyric poetry referring to the distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms were taken up and… … Wikipedia
