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catalexis|kætəˈlɛksɪs|
[f. Gr. κατάληξις termination, f. καταλήγειν to leave off.]
1. Absence of a syllable in the last foot of a verse.
1830Seager tr. Hermann's Metres ii. xix. 46 Cretic verses are for the most part terminated by that same foot, and have no other catalexis. 1898Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. ii. iii. 77 Halidon is told [by Minot] in octave eights admitting catalexis. 1957W. Beare Latin Verse vii. 82 From iambic trimeters we pass freely to dimeters, monometers, iambics with catalexis and syncopation.
2. A catalectic verse or line.
1850Mure Lit. Greece III. 55 The combination of a single short verse or ‘catalexis’ with one or more longer verses. |