ASCLEPIADEAN


Meaning of ASCLEPIADEAN in English

/euh sklee'pee euh dee"euhn/ , Class. Pros.

adj.

1. noting or pertaining to a verse consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambi, and an iamb.

n.

2. an Asclepiadean verse.

[ 1700-10; Asklepiádei ( os ) pertaining to Asclepiades, 3rd-century Greek poet to whom the verse was attributed + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .