单词 | octonarian |
释义 | octonarianadj.n. Prosody. rare. A. adj. Consisting of eight feet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > octameter octameter1828 octonarian1891 1891 Athenæum 28 Feb. 275/1 Octonarian and septenarian iambic lines. 1965 W. Y. Sellar Rom. Poets of Republic 199 These metres are generally combined with some form of trochaic verse, which again is often exchanged for septenarian or octonarian iambics. A verse of eight feet. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > octameter octonarius1819 octonare1886 octameter1889 octapody1891 octonarian1892 1892 A. S. Wilkins in Classical Rev. May 221/2 In Varro ὄνος λύρας vii. it is a pity not to recognize the unmistakable octonarians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1891 |
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