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dochmiac, a. and n. Gr. Pros.|ˈdɒkmɪæk|
[ad. Gr. δοχµιακός, f. δόχµιος pertaining to a δοχµή or hand's-breath.]
A. adj. Of the nature of a dochmius; composed of dochmii, i.e. of pentasyllabic feet of which the typical form is ˘--˘-.
B. n. A foot or verse of this description. Hence dochˈmiacal a., connected with (in quot., learned in) dochmiac verse.
1775Ash, Dochmaic a. and sb. 1821Blackw. Mag. VIII. 683 ‘The most dochmiacal Seidlerus’. That most facete scholar being particularly sublime upon the dochmius. 1844Beck & Felton tr. Munk's Metres 255 The dochmiac systems are very frequent in the Greek dramatists. 1867R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (1870) 22/1 The normal dochmiac. Ibid. 25/1 A dochmiac verse. |