单词 | glyconic |
释义 | glyconicadj.n. A. adj. Epithet of a lyric metre or verse, essentially a logaœdic tetrapody consisting of three trochees and a dactyl (see quot. 1885 at sense B.); also (of a poem, stanza, etc.), composed or consisting of such verses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > tetrapodic > types of asclepiadica1586 asclepiadean1706 glyconean1728 glyconic1781 1781 S. Johnson Watts in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 3 His verses to his brother, in the glyconick measure..are remarkably easy and elegant. 1878 Munro Crit. Catullus 138 One of the essential properties of these glyconic odes is that the stanzas end with a completed sentence. B. n. A glyconic verse.The type of verse with which the name is in modern use most generally associated is the catalectic form used by Latin poets, esp. Catullus and Horace: ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ . ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > tetrapody > types of Asclepiad1656 glyconic1821 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Glyconick, a kind of verse consisting of a Spondey and two Dactyles. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 386 The lines are glyconics. 1878 Munro Crit. Catullus 135 The observance of this law by Catullus gives to his glyconics much of their charm and spirit. 1885 Jebb Sophocles, Oed. Col. p. lviii A dactyl comes first; then three chorees..But the dactyl might also stand second..or third... According to the place of the dactyl, the verse was called a First, Second, or Third Glyconic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1670 |
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