catalecticadj.n.

/katəˈlɛktɪk/

Etymology: < late Latin catalēcticus, < Greek καταληκτικός leaving off, incomplete, < καταλήγειν to leave off, stop. Compare French catalectique.

Prosody.

A. adj.

Of a verse: Incomplete in its syllables; wanting a syllable in the last foot. Often in postposition in imitation of Latin.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of lines > lacking a syllable in last foot

catalectic1589

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xvi. 107 The Greekes and Latines vsed verses in the odde sillable of two sortes, which they called Catalecticke and Acatalecticke..the catalectik or maymed verse.

1883 tr. Ten Brink's Early Eng. Lit. 155 The catalectic tetrameter, well known to antique poetry.

1887 W. W. Goodwin Greek Gram. § 293 The tetrameter catalectic.

B. n.

A catalectic line or verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > line lacking a syllable in last foot

catalectic1631

catalexis1850

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 56 in Wks. II Pentameters, Hexameters, Catalecticks.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 228/1 The Iambic Tetrameter Catalectic.

1903 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. (ed. 3) ii. ii. 52 A strict iambic form of tetrameter catalectic, or alternate dimeters acatalectic and catalectic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

cataˈlectic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > relating to functions > of invariants

catalectic1851

subinvariantive1882

1851 J. J. Sylvester Canonical Forms in Coll. Math. Papers (1904) I. 211 The theory of the catalectic forms of functions of the higher degrees of two variables.

单词	catalectic
释义	catalecticadj.n. /katəˈlɛktɪk/ Etymology: < late Latin catalēcticus, < Greek καταληκτικός leaving off, incomplete, < καταλήγειν to leave off, stop. Compare French catalectique. Prosody. A. adj. Of a verse: Incomplete in its syllables; wanting a syllable in the last foot. Often in postposition in imitation of Latin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of lines > lacking a syllable in last foot catalectic1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xvi. 107 The Greekes and Latines vsed verses in the odde sillable of two sortes, which they called Catalecticke and Acatalecticke..the catalectik or maymed verse. 1883 tr. Ten Brink's Early Eng. Lit. 155 The catalectic tetrameter, well known to antique poetry. 1887 W. W. Goodwin Greek Gram. § 293 The tetrameter catalectic. B. n. A catalectic line or verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > line lacking a syllable in last foot catalectic1631 catalexis1850 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 56 in Wks. II Pentameters, Hexameters, Catalecticks. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 228/1 The Iambic Tetrameter Catalectic. 1903 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. (ed. 3) ii. ii. 52 A strict iambic form of tetrameter catalectic, or alternate dimeters acatalectic and catalectic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > as lemmas cataˈlectic cataˈlectic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [adjective] > relating to expressions > relating to functions > of invariants catalectic1851 subinvariantive1882 1851 J. J. Sylvester Canonical Forms in Coll. Math. Papers (1904) I. 211 The theory of the catalectic forms of functions of the higher degrees of two variables. extracted from catalecticantn. < adj.n.1589 as lemmas
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catalecticadj.n.

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