HEXAMETER


Meaning of HEXAMETER in English

/ hekˈsæmɪtə(r); NAmE / noun

( technical ) a line of poetry with six stressed syllables

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Latin , from Greek hexametros of six measures (from hex six + metron measure).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.