pentametern.adj.

Brit.

/pɛnˈtamᵻtə/, U.S.

/pɛnˈtæmədər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pentameter, pentametrus.

Etymology: < classical Latin pentameter (noun) a metrical line of five feet, pentametrus (adjective) containing five metrical feet < Hellenistic Greek πεντάμετρος (noun) a verse or line of five measures, (adjective) consisting of five measures < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + μέτρον measure (see -meter comb. form¹). Compare Middle French, French pentamètre, noun (c1400 as penthamettre), adjective (c1450 as penthametre), Italian pentametro, noun (a1472), Spanish pentámetro, adjective (1450).

Prosody.

A. n.

1. In ancient Greek and Latin verse: a dactylic line composed of two halves (penthemimers), each consisting of two feet followed by a long syllable; this as a verse form.In the first penthemimer, each of the two feet may be either a dactyl or a spondee; in the second, they must both be dactyls. The name pentameter arose from a mistaken analysis of the verse as two dactyls (or spondees), a spondee, and two anapaests.Pentameters are most commonly used in alternation with hexameters, together constituting the form of elegiac verse (see elegiac adj.).

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a1529 J. Skelton Pithy Pleasaunt & Profitable Wks. (1568) sig. Yiv Gup Scot ye blot, Laudate Caudate Set in better Thy pentameter.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiv. 39 Elegie..was in a pitious maner of meetre, placing a limping Pentameter, after a lusty Exameter.

1622 J. Brinsley Cato Transl. Gram. f. 44^v (heading) [Sayings] of Thales, in Pentameter.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 56 in Wks. II Pentameters, Hexameters, Catalecticks.

1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §3 Certain Latin words should be framed in the form of hexameters or pentameters.

c1805 S. T. Coleridge Misc. Poems, Eleg. Metre [Example] In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. ix. 384 The charm of the Latin pentameter is enhanced by the rhyming of the last syllables of the two penthemimers.

1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 565/1 The first half of the pentameter allows..the substitution of spondees for dactyls.

1986 E. Bowie in J. Boardman et al. Oxf. Hist. Classical World 100 Elegiac poetry alternates the dactylic hexameter..with a ‘pentameter’ built up from the same metrical unit, the hemiepes.

2. In verse of non-classical languages: a line consisting of five metrical feet; a poetic style that uses this.In English accentual-syllabic prosody, the pentameter is an iambic line of ten syllables. It was established by Chaucer (c1342–1400) and has remained the basic unit of many common verse forms, notably blank verse and the heroic couplet.

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quinquemetre?1567

pentameter1599

pentapody1844

1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. N4 (heading) Translated into English Hexameters, and Pentameters, verse for verse.

1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick vi. 114 Odes and Hymns..in several kinds of Verse..some were Pentameters.

1749 J. Mason Ess. Power & Harmony Prosaic Numbers 30 The Cæsura falling constantly on the fourth Syllable in the English Pentameters or Heroicks, creates a dull Uniformity in the Flow of the Verse.

1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy xi. 340 The pentameters use quite frequently the divine name 'Adonay Jahveh.

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 July 502 The pentameter is a metre which readily gapes if it is not being fed. Gray fills it serenely.

1985 G. Naylor Linden Hills 29 He totally bewildered them with long recitations in perfect iambic pentameter.

2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. e3/4 It [sc. a play] is written in pentameter, with five stresses to each line, in a style both contemporary and also reminiscent of Shakespearean English.

B. adj. (attributive).

Having the form of a pentameter; composed in pentameters.

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pentametered1599

pentameter1854

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. 17 Of the nomber of the fete, as Exameter and Pentameter which is also called Elegiacal.

1618 B. Holyday Technogamia iii. vi. sig. I Hay day! he's at's Hexameter and Pentameter Verses in our tongue.

1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. x. 211 Like Ovid's Fasti, in hexameter and pentameter verses.

1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Lett. & Social Aims in Wks. (Bohn) III. 171 Those weary pentameter tales of Dryden and others.

1992 ELT Jrnl. 46 112 The rhythm of pentameter verse will not be obvious to most educated native speakers, let alone upper-intermediate students of EFL.

Derivatives

penˈtametered adj. rare written in pentameters.

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pentametered1599

pentameter1854

1599 Preserv. Hen. VII (1866) i. 5 This trew kinde of hexametred and pentametred verse.

2001 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 9 Jan. 4A A master of pentametered word.

penˈtametrist n. rare a writer of pentameters.

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iambographer1625

blank versifier1746

dactylist1785

hexametrist1797

pentametrist1803

iambist1839

choliambist1847

1803 H. J. Todd Spenser's Wks. I. p. xxii (note) English hexametrists and pentametrists.

2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. b2/3 Oh, brave pentametrists, hear me entreat: Just keep on standing on your own five feet!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentameter
释义	pentametern.adj. Brit. /pɛnˈtamᵻtə/, U.S. /pɛnˈtæmədər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pentameter, pentametrus. Etymology: < classical Latin pentameter (noun) a metrical line of five feet, pentametrus (adjective) containing five metrical feet < Hellenistic Greek πεντάμετρος (noun) a verse or line of five measures, (adjective) consisting of five measures < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + μέτρον measure (see -meter comb. form¹). Compare Middle French, French pentamètre, noun (c1400 as penthamettre), adjective (c1450 as penthametre), Italian pentametro, noun (a1472), Spanish pentámetro, adjective (1450). Prosody. A. n. 1. In ancient Greek and Latin verse: a dactylic line composed of two halves (penthemimers), each consisting of two feet followed by a long syllable; this as a verse form.In the first penthemimer, each of the two feet may be either a dactyl or a spondee; in the second, they must both be dactyls. The name pentameter arose from a mistaken analysis of the verse as two dactyls (or spondees), a spondee, and two anapaests.Pentameters are most commonly used in alternation with hexameters, together constituting the form of elegiac verse (see elegiac adj.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > pentameter > dactylic pentameter pentametera1529 a1529 J. Skelton Pithy Pleasaunt & Profitable Wks. (1568) sig. Yiv Gup Scot ye blot, Laudate Caudate Set in better Thy pentameter. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiv. 39 Elegie..was in a pitious maner of meetre, placing a limping Pentameter, after a lusty Exameter. 1622 J. Brinsley Cato Transl. Gram. f. 44^v (heading) [Sayings] of Thales, in Pentameter. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 56 in Wks. II Pentameters, Hexameters, Catalecticks. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §3 Certain Latin words should be framed in the form of hexameters or pentameters. c1805 S. T. Coleridge Misc. Poems, Eleg. Metre [Example] In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter aye falling in melody back. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. ix. 384 The charm of the Latin pentameter is enhanced by the rhyming of the last syllables of the two penthemimers. 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 565/1 The first half of the pentameter allows..the substitution of spondees for dactyls. 1986 E. Bowie in J. Boardman et al. Oxf. Hist. Classical World 100 Elegiac poetry alternates the dactylic hexameter..with a ‘pentameter’ built up from the same metrical unit, the hemiepes. 2. In verse of non-classical languages: a line consisting of five metrical feet; a poetic style that uses this.In English accentual-syllabic prosody, the pentameter is an iambic line of ten syllables. It was established by Chaucer (c1342–1400) and has remained the basic unit of many common verse forms, notably blank verse and the heroic couplet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > pentameter quinquemetre?1567 pentameter1599 pentapody1844 1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. N4 (heading) Translated into English Hexameters, and Pentameters, verse for verse. 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick vi. 114 Odes and Hymns..in several kinds of Verse..some were Pentameters. 1749 J. Mason Ess. Power & Harmony Prosaic Numbers 30 The Cæsura falling constantly on the fourth Syllable in the English Pentameters or Heroicks, creates a dull Uniformity in the Flow of the Verse. 1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy xi. 340 The pentameters use quite frequently the divine name 'Adonay Jahveh. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 July 502 The pentameter is a metre which readily gapes if it is not being fed. Gray fills it serenely. 1985 G. Naylor Linden Hills 29 He totally bewildered them with long recitations in perfect iambic pentameter. 2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. e3/4 It [sc. a play] is written in pentameter, with five stresses to each line, in a style both contemporary and also reminiscent of Shakespearean English. B. adj. (attributive). Having the form of a pentameter; composed in pentameters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > pentameter > dactylic pentameter pentameter1546 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > pentameter pentametered1599 pentameter1854 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. 17 Of the nomber of the fete, as Exameter and Pentameter which is also called Elegiacal. 1618 B. Holyday Technogamia iii. vi. sig. I Hay day! he's at's Hexameter and Pentameter Verses in our tongue. 1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. x. 211 Like Ovid's Fasti, in hexameter and pentameter verses. 1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Lett. & Social Aims in Wks. (Bohn) III. 171 Those weary pentameter tales of Dryden and others. 1992 ELT Jrnl. 46 112 The rhythm of pentameter verse will not be obvious to most educated native speakers, let alone upper-intermediate students of EFL. Derivatives penˈtametered adj. rare written in pentameters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > pentameter pentametered1599 pentameter1854 1599 Preserv. Hen. VII (1866) i. 5 This trew kinde of hexametred and pentametred verse. 2001 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 9 Jan. 4A A master of pentametered word. penˈtametrist n. rare a writer of pentameters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > poet in specific metre iambographer1625 blank versifier1746 dactylist1785 hexametrist1797 pentametrist1803 iambist1839 choliambist1847 1803 H. J. Todd Spenser's Wks. I. p. xxii (note) English hexametrists and pentametrists. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. b2/3 Oh, brave pentametrists, hear me entreat: Just keep on standing on your own five feet! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1529
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