CATALECTIC

Meaning of CATALECTIC in English

[ ˌkatə'lɛktɪk ]

■ adjective Prosody denoting a metrical line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot.

Origin

C16: from late L. ~us , from Gk katalēktikos , from katalēgein 'leave off'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CATALECTIC — adjective see: slack Date: 1589 lacking a syllable at the end of a line in metrical verse or ending in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATALECTIC — I. |kad. ə l|ektik adjective Etymology: Late Latin catalecticus, from Greek katalēktikos incomplete, from katalēgein to leave off, from kata- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CATALECTIC — (a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
Английский словарь Webster
CATALECTIC — (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
Английский словарь Webster
CATALECTIC — ( a. ) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CATALECTIC — ( a. ) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CATALECTIC — /kat'l ek"tik/ , Pros. adj. 1. (of a line of verse) lacking part of the last foot; metrically incomplete, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATALECTIC — adjective Etymology: Late Latin catalecticus, from Greek katalēktikos, from katalēgein to leave off, from kata- + lēgein to stop — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CATALECTIC — adj incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. 2. catalectic ·adj wanting a syllable at the end, or …
Webster English vocab
CATALECTIC — [cat.a.lec.tic] adj [LL catalecticus, fr. Gk katalektikos, fr. katalegein to leave off, fr. kata- + legein to stop--more at slack] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CATALECTIC — catalectic BrE AmE ˌkæt ə ˈlekt ɪk ◂ - ə l ˈekt- AmE \ ˌkæt̬ ə l ˈekt ɪk ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CATALECTIC — (стихосложение) каталектический, усеченный (о части стопы)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATALECTIC — a стих. каталектический, усечённый ( о части стопы )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CATALECTIC — (a) каталектический; усеченный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CATALECTIC — a стих. каталектический, усечённый ( о части стопы )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CATALECTIC — a стих. каталектический, усечённый ( о части стопы )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CATALECTIC — (стихосложение) каталектический, усеченный (о части стопы)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATALECTIC — adj. Pronunciation: ˌ ka-t ə - ' lek-tik Function: adjective Etymology: Late Latin catalecticus, from Greek katal ē ktikos, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TRUNCATED — adjective Date: circa 1704 having the apex replaced by a plane section and especially by one parallel to the base …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ACATALECTIC — adjective see: catalectic Date: 1589 not catalectic , ~ noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEPTENARY — I. sepˈtenərē, ˈseptəˌnerē, sepˈtēnərē noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin septenarius, from septenarius of or relating to seven 1. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAROEMIAC — I. -mēˌak adjective Etymology: Greek paroimiakos proverbial, from paroimia : of, relating to, or constituting a paroemiac II. noun ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLIAMBIC — I. ˌgalēˈambik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin galliamb us, a song of the priests of Cybele, ancient nature goddess …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DICATALECTIC — I. (|)dī+ adjective Etymology: di- + catalectic prosody : composed of two catalectic members II. noun : a dicatalectic verse
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARCHILOCHIAN — I. |ärkə̇|lōkēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Archiloch us, 7th century B.C. Greek poet (from Latin, from Greek Archilochos ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANACREONTIC
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPERCATALECTIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: Late Latin hypercatalecticus, from hypercatalectus (from Greek hyperkatalēktos, from hyper- + katalēktos catalectic) + -icus -ic — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPERCATALECTIC — /huy'peuhr kat'l ek"tik/ , adj. Pros. (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATALEXIS — /kat'l ek"sis/ , n. , pl. catalexes /kat'lek"seez/ . Pros. the absence of a syllable at the beginning or end …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACATALECTIC — /ay kat'l ek"tik/ , Pros. adj. 1. not catalectic; complete. n. 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACATALECTIC — adjective Etymology: Late Latin acatalecticus, from acatalectus, from Greek akatalēktos, from a- + katalēgein to leave off — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACATALECTIC — [acat.a.lec.tic] adj [LL acatalecticus, fr. acatalectus, fr. Gk akatalektos, fr. a- + katalegein to leave off--more at catalectic] (1589): not …
Merriam-Webster English vocab

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