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单词 hexameter
释义 hex·am·e·ter
I. \hekˈsaməd.ə(r), -mətə-\ noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek hexametron, from neuter of hexametros
: a line of six metrical feet or of six dipodies: as
 a. : the six-foot dactylic line of Greek and Latin epic poetry in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee (as in Vergil's “Arma virumque cano Trojae qui primus ab oris”)
 b. : the six-foot dactylic line of English poetry (as in Coleridge's “Strongly it bears us along on swelling and limitless billows”)
II. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Latin, from Greek hexametros of six meters, from hexa- + -metros (akin to metron measure) — more at measure
1. : having six metrical feet — used especially of dactylic or spondaic verse
2. : having six dipodies — used especially of classical iambic, trochaic, or anapestic verse
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