hexameter

See also: Hexameter

English

Alternative forms

hexametre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: he‧xa‧me‧ter

Noun

hexameter (countable and uncountable, plural hexameters)

(countable) a line in a poem having six metrical feet
(uncountable) a poetic metre in which each line has six feet

Translations

line in a poem

Catalan: hexàmetre m
Esperanto: heksametro
French: hexamètre (fr) m
Galician: hexámetro m
Italian: esametro (it)

Latin: hexameter
Polish: heksametr m
Russian: гекза́метр (ru) m (gekzámetr)
Slovak: hexameter
Spanish: hexámetro m

poetic metre

Catalan: hexàmetre m
French: hexamètre (fr) m
Galician: hexámetro m
Italian: esametro (it)
Latin: hexameter

Polish: heksametr
Russian: гекза́метр (ru) m (gekzámetr)
Slovak: hexameter
Spanish: hexámetro m

See also

(poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter ^{(Category: en:Prosody)}

Anagrams

hexametre

Latin

Etymology

Derived from hexa- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hekˈsa.me.ter/, [hɛkˈsa.mɛ.tɛr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.me.ter/, [ekˈsaː.me.ter]

Noun

hexameter m (genitive hexametri); second declension

hexameter

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hexameter	hexametrī
Genitive	hexametrī	hexametrōrum
Dative	hexametrō	hexametrīs
Accusative	hexametrum	hexametrōs
Ablative	hexametrō	hexametrīs
Vocative	hexameter	hexametrī

References

hexameter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hexameter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hexameter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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