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glyconic, a. and n.|glaɪˈkɒnɪk|
[f. Γλύκων the name of a Greek lyric poet + -ic.]
A. adj. Epithet of a lyric metre or verse, essentially a logaœdic tetrapody consisting of three trochees and a dactyl (see quot. 1885); also (of a poem, stanza, etc.), composed or consisting of such verses.
B. n. A glyconic verse.
The type of verse with which the name is in modern use most generally associated is the catalectic form used by Latin poets, esp. Catullus and Horace: –{shtlong1}–˘˘–˘{shtlong1}
1670–81Blount Glossogr., Glyconick, a kind of verse consisting of a Spondey and two Dactyles. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Watts, His verses to his brother, in the Glyconick measure..are remarkably easy and elegant. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 386 The lines are glyconics. 1878Munro Crit. Catullus 135 The observance of this law by Catullus gives to his glyconics much of their charm and spirit. Ibid. 138 One of the essential properties of these glyconic odes is that the stanzas end with a completed sentence. 1885Jebb Sophocles, Oed. Col. p. lviii, A dactyl comes first; then three chorees..But the dactyl might also stand second..or third... According to the place of the dactyl, the verse was called a First, Second, or Third Glyconic. |