单词 | prosodiac |
释义 | prosodiacn.adj.1 Ancient Greek Music and Prosody. A. n. A form of ancient Greek verse, used esp. in processional hymns, consisting of three anapaests, for the first of which a spondee or iambus may be substituted. Also: an example of this. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1257 Moreover, unto him [sc. Archilochus], as first inventour, are attributed the Epodes, Tetrameter, Iambicks, Procritique and Prosodiacks [Fr. Prosodiaque]. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 10 225 The triple beat would not serve without a pause. This would lead us to the paroemiac or prosodiac. 1896 Harvard Stud. in Classical Philol. 7 163 The assumption of ionics avoids the necessity of resolving the second arsis of the prosodiacs. 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 566/2 The placing of ˘, ¯, or ˘ ˘ before the two types of hemiepes, as a spring-off, produces the prosodiac. 1988 G. W. Bond Euripides Heracles 160 This gives a prosodiac which harmonizes well with the clear dactylic sequence which follows with this colometry. B. adj.1 Of a hymn: used as a prosodion; processional. Also (of verse): having the form of or constituting a prosodiac (see sense A.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > processional > [adjective] prosodiac?1775 processional1827 prosodial1874 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [adjective] > hymn > in Greek church prosodiac?1775 prosodial1874 ?1775 W. Waring tr. J. J. Rousseau Compl. Dict. Mus. 329 The prosodiac nome [Fr. Nome Prosodiaque] was sung in honour of Mars, and was, they say, invented by Olympus. 1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 73 The prosodion was the hymn sung by the choristers in their procession to the altar or sanctuary... The prosodion, accordingly, is occasionally classed under the general head of Pæan, by the special title of Prosodiac, or Processional, pæan. 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 10 224 There seem..to have been prosodiac and paroemiac verses based on the spondee. 1935 Classical Q. 29 188 Prosodiac tetrameters hailing the audience in very scornful terms. 1976 Classical Q. New Ser. 26 19 His treatment of verse-end in dactyls, however, differs..because he includes as dactylic ‘prosodiac’ and ‘enophian’ cola. 1987 M. L. West Introd. Greek Metre 89 Prosodiac, term anciently applied to a variety of dactylic and aeolic cola and dicola, including some also called enoplian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † prosodiacadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Of or relating to prosody; = prosodic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [adjective] > of or relating to prosody prosodical1676 prosodic1764 prosodiacal1774 prosodial1775 prosodian1817 prosodiac1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Prosodiac, same as prosodic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.11603adj.21890 |
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