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Pherecratean, a. (n.) Gr. and Lat. Pros.|ˌfɛrɪkrəˈtiːən|
[f. L. Pherecratīus, a. Gr. ϕερεκράτειος (f. ϕερεκράτης name of a Greek poet) + -an.]
Name of a logaœdic metre or verse consisting of three feet, normally a spondee, dactyl, and spondee (or trochee), but admitting of some variations. Also called Pherecratian |-ˈkreɪʃ(ɪ)ən|, Pherecratic |-ˈkrætɪk|.
1788Lemprière Classical Dict. (1826) 511/1 He [Pherecrates] invented a sort of verse, which from him has been called Pherecratian. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIV. 456/2 Pherecrates..was author of a kind of verse called, from his own name, Pherecratick... This verse of Horace (..Quamvis pontica pinus) is a Pherecratick verse. 1861Hadley Greek Gram. §921 Pherecratean verses are sometimes combined in systems: but much more frequent are Glyconic systems closing with a Pherecratean. |