I. |hipəˌnak|tēən, -|naktē- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Hipponacte us of Hipponax (from Hipponact-, Hipponax, 6th century B.C. Greek poet reputed to have invented the choliamb, from Greek Hippōnakt-, Hippōnax ) + English -an
: of or relating to Hipponax or to the verse forms ascribed to him ; specifically : choliambic
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a Hipponactean verse ; specifically : a hypercatalectic form of glyconic