单词 | asclepiad |
释义 | Asclepiadn.1 In Greek and Latin prosody: A verse, invented by Asclepiades, consisting of a spondee, two (or three) choriambi, and an iambus. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > tetrapody > types of Asclepiad1656 glyconic1821 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Asclepiad, a kinde of Verse consisting of a Spondee, a Choriambique, and two Dactyles. 1876 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) §265 Of the Asclepiad..Horace employed five systems. 1876 B. H. Kennedy Public School Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) §265 A stanza composed of three lesser Asclepiad verses. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > tetrapodic > types of asclepiadica1586 asclepiadean1706 glyconean1728 glyconic1781 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) ii. sig. V6 Singing these verses called Asclepiadikes. 1650 E. Marbury Comm. Habakkuk (new ed.) (iii. 1) 3 The Greeks and Latines had their severall kinds of verses. Heroick, Iambick, Asclepediake [sic],..and such like. †aˌsclepiˈadical adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. 17 a Meters..hath their name, eyther..of the inuentour as Æsclepiadicall. aˌsclepiaˈdean adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > tetrapodic > types of asclepiadica1586 asclepiadean1706 glyconean1728 glyconic1781 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Asclepiadean. 1860 L. Schmitz tr. K. G. Zumpt Gram. Lat. Lang. (ed. 5) 306 The second Asclepiadean metre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018). asclepiadn.2 Botany. A plant belonging to the order Asclepiadaceæ: see Asclepias n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Asclepiadaceae (milk-weed and allies) > [noun] swallowwort1548 Asclepias1578 silken cicely1597 silkweed1784 tame-poison1785 milkweed1814 green milkweed1829 Hoodia1830 asclepiad1859 poke milkweed1890 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species (1878) xiv. 375 Orchids and asclepiads having pollen-masses with viscid discs. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 208 The pollen of Asclepiads is held together by a secretion of the anther-cell. 1880 F. W. Burbidge Gardens of Sun App. 342 A singular new asclepiadaceous genus. DerivativesCategories » aˌsclepiaˈdaceous adj. of or belonging to this order. Categories » aˌsclepiaˈdeous adj. of the genus Asclepias. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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