hexameteradj.n.

/hɛkˈsamɪtə/

Forms: Also (Middle English exametron(e, -oun, -ytron), 1500s–1600s hexametre, exameter.

Etymology: < Latin hexameter adjective and (sc. versus ) noun, < Greek ἑξάμετρος , < ἑξα- hexa- comb. form + μέτρον measure, metre. Compare French hexamètre (1511).

A. adj. (Now only as attributive use of the noun.)

a. Prosody. Consisting of six metrical feet; esp. of the form of the dactylic hexameter.

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hexameter1546

hexametrical1781

hexametric1785

hexametral1818

six-foot1891

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. 16 a A songe of Exameter Verses.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 189 The heroick or hexametre verse we acknowledge to haue come first from the Oracle of Pythius Apollo.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Hesametro, an exameter verse.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some of the French and English Poets have attempted to compose in Hexameter Verses, but without Success.

1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. x. 211 In hexameter and pentameter verses.

b. Composing or writing hexameters.

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1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 289/1 A vast receptacle for hexameter and pentameter boys.

†2. humorously of an insect: Having six feet.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective]

hexameter1653

1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey 12 Embrodered all over with such Hexameter poudred Ermins (or Vermin) as are called Lice in England.

B. n.

a. A ‘verse’ or line of six metrical feet; esp. the dactylic hexameter (catalectic), which in the typical form consists of five dactyls and a trochee, or (in Latin poets) more commonly a spondee; for any or all of the first four dactyls spondees may be substituted, but in the fifth foot a spondee is admitted only for special effect.In English and German hexameters, stress is substituted for length in the first syllable of each foot; but it is often sought to combine with this an observance of quantity.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > hexameter

hexameterc1386

hexapody1844

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 91 They ben versified communely Of vj. feet which men clepen Exametron [v.rr. exametroun, examytron, exametrone].

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May Gloss. Emblem, These Emblemes make one whole Hexametre.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 146 These 6. notes, Ut, Re, mi, fa, sol, la..are all comprehended in this Exameter. Vt Relevet Miserum Fatum Solitosque Labores.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 88. ⁋10 We have already tried and rejected the hexameter of the ancients.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Ovidian Elegiac Metre in Wks. (1877) II. 344 In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.

1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 11 Fancy-borne perhaps upon the rise And long roll of the Hexameter.

1869 A. C. Swinburne in S. T. Coleridge Christabel Introd. p. xix The feeble and tuneless form of metre called hexameters in English.

b. In combinations.

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1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 4 Such a nigling Hexameter-founder as he [sc. Homer] was.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	hexameter
释义	hexameteradj.n. /hɛkˈsamɪtə/ Forms: Also (Middle English exametron(e, -oun, -ytron), 1500s–1600s hexametre, exameter. Etymology: < Latin hexameter adjective and (sc. versus ) noun, < Greek ἑξάμετρος , < ἑξα- hexa- comb. form + μέτρον measure, metre. Compare French hexamètre (1511). A. adj. (Now only as attributive use of the noun.) 1. a. Prosody. Consisting of six metrical feet; esp. of the form of the dactylic hexameter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > hexameter hexameter1546 hexametrical1781 hexametric1785 hexametral1818 six-foot1891 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. 16 a A songe of Exameter Verses. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 189 The heroick or hexametre verse we acknowledge to haue come first from the Oracle of Pythius Apollo. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Hesametro, an exameter verse. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some of the French and English Poets have attempted to compose in Hexameter Verses, but without Success. 1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. x. 211 In hexameter and pentameter verses. b. Composing or writing hexameters. ΚΠ 1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 289/1 A vast receptacle for hexameter and pentameter boys. †2. humorously of an insect: Having six feet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] hexameter1653 1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey 12 Embrodered all over with such Hexameter poudred Ermins (or Vermin) as are called Lice in England. B. n. a. A ‘verse’ or line of six metrical feet; esp. the dactylic hexameter (catalectic), which in the typical form consists of five dactyls and a trochee, or (in Latin poets) more commonly a spondee; for any or all of the first four dactyls spondees may be substituted, but in the fifth foot a spondee is admitted only for special effect.In English and German hexameters, stress is substituted for length in the first syllable of each foot; but it is often sought to combine with this an observance of quantity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > hexameter hexameterc1386 hexapody1844 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 91 They ben versified communely Of vj. feet which men clepen Exametron [v.rr. exametroun, examytron, exametrone]. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May Gloss. Emblem, These Emblemes make one whole Hexametre. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 146 These 6. notes, Ut, Re, mi, fa, sol, la..are all comprehended in this Exameter. Vt Relevet Miserum Fatum Solitosque Labores. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 88. ⁋10 We have already tried and rejected the hexameter of the ancients. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Ovidian Elegiac Metre in Wks. (1877) II. 344 In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column, In the pentameter aye falling in melody back. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Note in Poet. Wks. (1893) 614/2 The following verse from the Psalms is a rare instance of a perfect hexameter..in the English language:—Gōd cāme \| ūp wĭth ă \| shōut : oūr \| Lōrd wĭth thĕ \| soūnd ŏf ă \| trūmpĕt. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 11 Fancy-borne perhaps upon the rise And long roll of the Hexameter. 1869 A. C. Swinburne in S. T. Coleridge Christabel Introd. p. xix The feeble and tuneless form of metre called hexameters in English. b. In combinations. ΚΠ 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 4 Such a nigling Hexameter-founder as he [sc. Homer] was. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.c1386
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