单词 | hyperthesis |
释义 | hyperthesisn. Transposition, metathesis. a. Classical Prosody. In a logaœdic series, the substitution, for a particular foot in one line, strophe, etc., of another foot in a corresponding line, strophe, etc., involving interchange or reversal of the quantities; e.g. the substitution of an iamb (˘ ¯) for a trochee (¯ ˘) or vice versa. ΚΠ 1890 in Cent. Dict. b. Philology. Transposition or metathesis of a letter from a particular syllable to the preceding or following syllable, as in Greek μέλαινα for *μελανια. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1882 |
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