creticadj.¹n.

Brit.

/ˈkriːtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈkridɪk/

Etymology: < Latin Crēticus of Crete, Cretan, < Crēta Crete.

A. adj.¹

Belonging to Crete, Cretan; applied in Greek and Latin prosody to a particular metrical foot, or to verse characterized by these.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > cretic

cretic1867

1867 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (1870) 39/1 Although τῶνδέ μοι form a cretic foot, a spondee is still admissible in the 5th place, because the word γάρ preceding the cretic is a monosyllable.

B. n.

(without capital) A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable between two long; = amphimacer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > short syllable between two long syllables

amphimacer1589

cretic1603

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.iiii Creticus of a long, a short, and a long, as-u-daungerous.]

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1257 The Prosodiaque & also the Creticke.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 140 The first Verse here ends with a Trochee, and the third with a Cretic.

1885 B. L. Gildersleeve Pindar Introd. 73 The passionate cretics that abound in that..play [the Acharnians].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† creticadj.²

Brit.

/ˈkriːtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈkridɪk/

Etymology: < Latin crēta chalk +-ic suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Chalk-like; of the hardness of chalk.

ΚΠ

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 302 Hardness, cretic. Fracture, slaty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cretic
释义	creticadj.¹n. Brit. /ˈkriːtɪk/, U.S. /ˈkridɪk/ Etymology: < Latin Crēticus of Crete, Cretan, < Crēta Crete. A. adj.¹ Belonging to Crete, Cretan; applied in Greek and Latin prosody to a particular metrical foot, or to verse characterized by these. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > cretic cretic1867 1867 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (1870) 39/1 Although τῶνδέ μοι form a cretic foot, a spondee is still admissible in the 5th place, because the word γάρ preceding the cretic is a monosyllable. B. n. (without capital) A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable between two long; = amphimacer n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > short syllable between two long syllables amphimacer1589 cretic1603 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.iiii Creticus of a long, a short, and a long, as-u-daungerous.] 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1257 The Prosodiaque & also the Creticke. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 140 The first Verse here ends with a Trochee, and the third with a Cretic. 1885 B. L. Gildersleeve Pindar Introd. 73 The passionate cretics that abound in that..play [the Acharnians]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † creticadj.² Brit. /ˈkriːtɪk/, U.S. /ˈkridɪk/ Etymology: < Latin crēta chalk +-ic suffix. Obsolete. rare. Chalk-like; of the hardness of chalk. ΚΠ 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 302 Hardness, cretic. Fracture, slaty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹n.1603adj.²1811
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