amphimacern.

Brit.

/amˈfɪməsə/, U.S.

/æmˈ(p)fɪməsər/

Forms: 1500s– amphimacer, 1600s amphimacre.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin amphimacer, amphimacros.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin amphimacer (15th cent.), variant of classical Latin amphimacros metrical foot consisting of a short between two long syllables < Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕίμακρος metrical foot consisting of a short between two long syllables, literally long at both ends < ancient Greek ἀμϕι- amphi- prefix + μακρός long (see macro- comb. form). Compare slightly earlier amphibrach n.Compare French amphimacre (1644).

Prosody.

In classical prosody: a foot consisting of one short syllable between two long syllables. Also (in modern prosody): a foot consisting of one unstressed syllable between two stressed syllables.Also known as a cretic (cretic n.).

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amphimacer1589

cretic1603

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 92 For your amphimacer that is a long a short and a long ye haue these wordes and many moe [éxcellént] [īmĭnēnt].

1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iii. iv. iii. sig. X5^v When the two extreams are long, and the middle short, it is call'd Amphi-macres [Fr. Amphimacre].

1745 S. Say Poems Several Occasions 104 The Amphimacer..is mark'd in This manner ¯ ˘ ¯ .

1807 S. T. Colerdige Metric Feet in Poet. Wks. (2001) I. ii. 808 Fīrst ănd Lāst bēĭng lōng, Mīddlĕ shōrt Amphĭmācer Strīkes hĭs thūndērĭng Hōofs līke ă prōud hīgh-brĕd Rācer.

1928 PMLA 43 319 The cretic doublet..corresponds to the Greek amphimacer.

1977 J. Fowles Daniel Martin 82 He particularly liked the broadsheets in the rhythm of the amphimacer.

2000 C. Scott Translating Baudelaire ix. 245 The amphimacer, the measure in which, like a vice, two stresses bear in on a medial weak syllable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amphimacer
释义	amphimacern. Brit. /amˈfɪməsə/, U.S. /æmˈ(p)fɪməsər/ Forms: 1500s– amphimacer, 1600s amphimacre. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin amphimacer, amphimacros. Etymology: < post-classical Latin amphimacer (15th cent.), variant of classical Latin amphimacros metrical foot consisting of a short between two long syllables < Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕίμακρος metrical foot consisting of a short between two long syllables, literally long at both ends < ancient Greek ἀμϕι- amphi- prefix + μακρός long (see macro- comb. form). Compare slightly earlier amphibrach n.Compare French amphimacre (1644). Prosody. In classical prosody: a foot consisting of one short syllable between two long syllables. Also (in modern prosody): a foot consisting of one unstressed syllable between two stressed syllables.Also known as a cretic (cretic n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > short syllable between two long syllables amphimacer1589 cretic1603 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 92 For your amphimacer that is a long a short and a long ye haue these wordes and many moe [éxcellént] [īmĭnēnt]. 1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iii. iv. iii. sig. X5^v When the two extreams are long, and the middle short, it is call'd Amphi-macres [Fr. Amphimacre]. 1745 S. Say Poems Several Occasions 104 The Amphimacer..is mark'd in This manner ¯ ˘ ¯ . 1807 S. T. Colerdige Metric Feet in Poet. Wks. (2001) I. ii. 808 Fīrst ănd Lāst bēĭng lōng, Mīddlĕ shōrt Amphĭmācer Strīkes hĭs thūndērĭng Hōofs līke ă prōud hīgh-brĕd Rācer. 1928 PMLA 43 319 The cretic doublet..corresponds to the Greek amphimacer. 1977 J. Fowles Daniel Martin 82 He particularly liked the broadsheets in the rhythm of the amphimacer. 2000 C. Scott Translating Baudelaire ix. 245 The amphimacer, the measure in which, like a vice, two stresses bear in on a medial weak syllable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1589
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