— hexametric /hek'seuh me"trik/ , hexametrical, hexametral , adj.
/hek sam"i teuhr/ , Pros.
n.
1. a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot.
2. any line of verse in six feet, as in English poetry.
adj.
3. consisting of six metrical feet.
[ 1540-50; hexámetros of six measures, equiv. to hexa- HEXA- + métr ( on ) measure + -os adj. suffix ]