hexapodyn.
/hɛkˈsapədi/, U.S. /hɛkˈsɑpədi/ Prosody.
A line or ‘verse’ consisting of six feet.
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1844 C. Beck & C. C. Felton tr. E. Munk Metres Greeks & Romans 16 A series of one foot is called a monopody..of six, a hexapody.
1868 R. C. Jebb Ajax Introd. 62 In Period I, each of the two verses is a hexapody.
1879 J. W. White tr. J. H. H. Schmidt Rhythmic & Metric 64 The hexapody commonly called ‘Alexandrine Verse’, most used by the French in their tragedies.
1891 Harper's Mag. Mar. 570/2 Hundreds [of folk-songs] in Hungarian music consisting of dipodies, tetrapodies, tripodies, pentapodies, and hexapodies.
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