pentapodyn.

Brit.

/pɛnˈtapədi/, U.S.

/pɛnˈtæpədi/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pentapodie.

Etymology: < German Pentapodie (1834 in the passage translated in quot. 1844) < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form) + -ία -y suffix³; compare ancient Greek πεντέπους , Hellenistic Greek πεντάπους (adjective) of five feet, five feet long (not recorded in metrical sense). Compare pentameter n., and also monopody n., dipody n., tripody n., etc.

Prosody.

A verse or line consisting of five metrical feet; a sequence of five metrical feet in a verse. Cf. pentameter n.

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quinquemetre?1567

pentameter1599

pentapody1844

1844 C. Beck & C. C. Felton tr. E. Munk Metres Greeks & Romans 16 A series of one foot is called a monopody..of five, a pentapody [Ger. Pentapodie].

1891 Harper's Mag. Mar. 570/2 Even the pentapody exists in song and dance.

1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 280 He [sc. Pythermos] borrowed from Sappho the logaoedic pentapody (hendecasyllabus).

1985 J. Myers & M. Simms Longman Dict. & Handbk. Poetry 228 Some of Sappho's verse is written in pentapodies.

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

单词	pentapody
释义	pentapodyn. Brit. /pɛnˈtapədi/, U.S. /pɛnˈtæpədi/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Pentapodie. Etymology: < German Pentapodie (1834 in the passage translated in quot. 1844) < ancient Greek πεντα- penta- comb. form + ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form) + -ία -y suffix³; compare ancient Greek πεντέπους , Hellenistic Greek πεντάπους (adjective) of five feet, five feet long (not recorded in metrical sense). Compare pentameter n., and also monopody n., dipody n., tripody n., etc. Prosody. A verse or line consisting of five metrical feet; a sequence of five metrical feet in a verse. Cf. pentameter n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > pentameter quinquemetre?1567 pentameter1599 pentapody1844 1844 C. Beck & C. C. Felton tr. E. Munk Metres Greeks & Romans 16 A series of one foot is called a monopody..of five, a pentapody [Ger. Pentapodie]. 1891 Harper's Mag. Mar. 570/2 Even the pentapody exists in song and dance. 1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 280 He [sc. Pythermos] borrowed from Sappho the logaoedic pentapody (hendecasyllabus). 1985 J. Myers & M. Simms Longman Dict. & Handbk. Poetry 228 Some of Sappho's verse is written in pentapodies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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