HEXAMETER


Meaning of HEXAMETER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hekˈsæmɪtə ]

n. a line or verse of six metrical feet. ødactylic hexameter a hexameter having five dactyls and a spondee or trochee, any of the first four feet, and sometimes the fifth, being replaceable by a spondee. øøhexametric adj. hexametrist n. [ME f. L f. Gk hexametros (as HEXA-, metron measure)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.