elegiambicadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛlᵻdʒʌɪˈambɪk/, U.S.

/ˌɛlədʒaɪˈæmbɪk/

Forms: 1700s–1800s elegiambick, 1800s– elegiambic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin elegiambus , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin elegiambus, noun (4th cent.; < classical Latin elegus (see elegy n.) + iambus : see iambus n.) + -ic suffix; compare iambic adj.

Classical Prosody.

Of verse: written in a metre consisting of half an elegiac pentameter, followed by an iambic dimeter; designating this metre.

ΚΠ

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Elegiambick Verse, a sort of Verse used in Horace's Poems, called Epodes.

1859 W. Ramsay Man. Lat. Prosody (ed. 2) 213 There are in all fourteen lines belonging to this species of Elegiambic verse in Horace.

1913 E. S. Bouchier Life & Lett. in Rom. Afr. ix. 111 He avails himself of the glyconic, elegiambic, asclepiad, anapæstic, and other measures.

1994 J. B. Solodow tr. G. B. Conte Lat. Lit. (1999) iii. 293 Alternating iambic and elegiambic trimeters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elegiambic
释义	elegiambicadj. Brit. /ˌɛlᵻdʒʌɪˈambɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛlədʒaɪˈæmbɪk/ Forms: 1700s–1800s elegiambick, 1800s– elegiambic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin elegiambus , -ic suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin elegiambus, noun (4th cent.; < classical Latin elegus (see elegy n.) + iambus : see iambus n.) + -ic suffix; compare iambic adj. Classical Prosody. Of verse: written in a metre consisting of half an elegiac pentameter, followed by an iambic dimeter; designating this metre. ΚΠ 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Elegiambick Verse, a sort of Verse used in Horace's Poems, called Epodes. 1859 W. Ramsay Man. Lat. Prosody (ed. 2) 213 There are in all fourteen lines belonging to this species of Elegiambic verse in Horace. 1913 E. S. Bouchier Life & Lett. in Rom. Afr. ix. 111 He avails himself of the glyconic, elegiambic, asclepiad, anapæstic, and other measures. 1994 J. B. Solodow tr. G. B. Conte Lat. Lit. (1999) iii. 293 Alternating iambic and elegiambic trimeters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1721
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