ASCLEPIAD

Meaning of ASCLEPIAD in English

( n. )

A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ASCLEPIAD — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek asklēpiad-, asklēpias celandine, from Asklēpios, Greek god of medicine Date: 1859 milkweed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ASCLEPIAD — I. əˈsklēpēəd, aˈ-, -ēˌad noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek asklēpiadeios, from asklēpiadeios asclepiadean, from Asklēpiadēs Asclepiades, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASCLEPIAD — (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, …
Английский словарь Webster
ASCLEPIAD — n. type of poetical verse (Poetry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ASCLEPIAD — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek asklēpiad-, asklēpias celandine, from Asklēpios, Greek god of medicine Date: 1859 : milkweed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASCLEPIAD — noun a choriambic verse, first used by the greek poet asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, …
Webster English vocab
ASCLEPIAD — [as.cle.pi.ad] n [ultim. fr. Gk asklepiad-, asklepias swallowwort, fr. Asklepios, Greek god of medicine] (1859): milkweed
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASCLEPIAD — a Greek lyric verse later used by Latin poets such as Catullus, Horace, and Seneca. The asclepiad consisted of an …
Britannica English vocabulary
ASCLEPIAD — n. Pronunciation: ə - ' skl ē -p ē - ə d, a-, - ˌ ad Function: noun Etymology: ultimately …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LESSER ASCLEPIAD — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : asclepiad
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASCLEPIADEAN — I. ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ə|dēən adjective or as·cle·pi·ad·ic -|adik Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Late Latin asclepiadeus, asclepiadius asclepiadean (from Greek asklēpiadeios ) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASCLEPIADACEAE — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷əˈdāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Asclepiad-, Asclepias, type genus + -aceae : a widely distributed family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASCLEPIADACEOUS — /euh sklee'pee euh day"sheuhs/ , adj. belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants. Cf. milkweed family . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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