dactylicadj.n.

Brit.

/dakˈtɪlɪk/, U.S.

/dækˈtɪlɪk/

Etymology: < Latin dactylicus, < Greek δακτυλικός , < δάκτυλος : see -ic suffix.

A. adj.

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a dactyl; consisting of or characterized by dactyls.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > dactylic

dactylic1589

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 90 That which Stanihurst first tooke in hand by his exameters dactilicke and spondaicke in the translation of Virgills Eneidos.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 94. ⁋9 The power of the spondaick and dactylick harmony.

1853 J. R. Lowell Moosehead Jrnl. in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 11 The dactylic beat of the horses' hoofs.

1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §225 The Dactylic Hexameter occupies as large a space in Latin poetry as all other Verses together.

B. n.

A dactylic verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > dactyl > verse of dactyls

dactylic1795

1795 R. Southey (title) The Soldier's Wife. Dactylics.

1797 Anti-Jacobin 18 Dec. 46/1 Ne'er talk of Ears again! look at thy Spelling-book;..Dactylics, call'st thou 'em?—‘God help thee, silly one!’

1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl I. v. 103 She got hold of a blind poet..and made him tell the story in dactylics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dactylic
释义	dactylicadj.n. Brit. /dakˈtɪlɪk/, U.S. /dækˈtɪlɪk/ Etymology: < Latin dactylicus, < Greek δακτυλικός , < δάκτυλος : see -ic suffix. A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a dactyl; consisting of or characterized by dactyls. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > dactylic dactylic1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 90 That which Stanihurst first tooke in hand by his exameters dactilicke and spondaicke in the translation of Virgills Eneidos. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 94. ⁋9 The power of the spondaick and dactylick harmony. 1853 J. R. Lowell Moosehead Jrnl. in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 11 The dactylic beat of the horses' hoofs. 1871 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. §225 The Dactylic Hexameter occupies as large a space in Latin poetry as all other Verses together. B. n. A dactylic verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > dactyl > verse of dactyls dactylic1795 1795 R. Southey (title) The Soldier's Wife. Dactylics. 1797 Anti-Jacobin 18 Dec. 46/1 Ne'er talk of Ears again! look at thy Spelling-book;..Dactylics, call'st thou 'em?—‘God help thee, silly one!’ 1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl I. v. 103 She got hold of a blind poet..and made him tell the story in dactylics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1589
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