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Phaleucian, a.|fəˈl(j)uːsɪən|
Also 6 -sian.
[f. L. Phaleucius, properly Phalæci-us (f. Phalæcus) + -an.]
Of or pertaining to Phalæcus, an ancient Greek poet: applied to an ancient metre consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. vi. 1 As if a man woold terme it a Saphicke, or Phaleusian verse. 1639Shirley Maids Revenge i. i. B iij b, I can..sting with Phaleucians [printed Phalenciums], whip with Saphicks. 1658Phillips, Phaleucian verse. 1836Landor Pericles & Aspasia Wks. 1846 II. 373, I think she has injured the phaleucian verse, by transposing one foot, and throwing it backward. 1903Scott. Hist. Rev. Oct. 38 The fourth epitaph is described as in ‘Phaleucian verse’ that is in lines of eleven syllables.
So † Phaˈleucic, -ˈleusic, -ˈleuciac a. Obs. = prec.: also absol. as n.
a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 228 [He] neuer left intreating her, til she had (taking a Lyra Basilius held for her) sung these Phaleuciakes. 1656Blount Glossogr., Phaleusick Verse (phaleuceum carmen). |