单词 | dichoree |
释义 | dichoreen. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of two trochees. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > trochee > ditrochee dichoreus1588 dichoree1712 ditrochee1855 1712 tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Longinus's Treat. on Sublime xxxiii. 81 in tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Wks. II. The Pyrrhicks, Trochees, and Dichorees [Fr. les Dichorées], which are good for nothing but Dances. 1776 Crit. Rev. Oct. 263 The music of it consisted in the dichoree, or the double trochee, with which it is terminated. 1801 D. Irving Elem. Composition xi. 81 The music of it consisted in the dichoree with which it is terminated. 1885 R. C. Jebb Œdipus Tyrannus p. lxxxi When the ionic ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘..is interchanged with the dichoree ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘. 1941 Classical Weekly 34 149/2 The most common metrical form represented proved to be the dichoree. 1985 T. N. Habinek Colometry of Lat. Prose v. 172 The frequency of dichorees and double cretics in colon-final position is much greater than chance would allow. 2003 M. von Albrecht Cicero's Style iii. 116 In the prose rhythm of the De Inventione a marked preference for the (‘Asiatic’) dichoree (the double trochee: ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘) is found; later, Cicero would warn his readers against an excessive use of this rhythm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1712 |
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