monometern.

Brit.

/məˈnɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/məˈnɑmədər/

Forms: 1800s monometre, 1800s– monometer.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin monometer; Greek μονόμετρος.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin monometer (adjective) consisting of one metrical foot (3rd cent.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek μονόμετρος (adjective) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + μέτρον measure (see -meter comb. form¹). Compare French monomètre (noun) a poem with a single metre (1812), (adjective) consisting of one metrical foot (1771).A masculine singular monometer (or monometrus) is not attested as either adjective or noun in post-classical Latin. The adjective is attested as monometra (feminine singular, 3rd cent.) and monometron (neuter singular, 4th cent.); the neuter occurs as noun (4th cent.) as monometrum (singular) and monometra (plural), and in oblique cases.

Prosody.

A line consisting of one metrical foot.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of one measure

monometer1827

1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) 429 In a regular system it consists of Dimeters with a Monometer sometimes interposed, and is concluded by a Dimeter catalectic.

1838 C. Anthon Syst. Greek Prosody & Metre ii. 105 An antispastic monometer is rare.

1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 141/1 Dochmiac monometer.

1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 248 The refrain is an iambic monometer, which was often used in exclamations.

1957 W. Beare Latin Verse vii. 82 From iambic trimeters we pass freely to dimeters, monometers, iambics with catalexis and syncopation.

1987 Amer. Lit. 59 349 The poem's only monometer, ‘Love-Least’ alliteratively recalls ‘Largest Lover’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monometer
释义	monometern. Brit. /məˈnɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /məˈnɑmədər/ Forms: 1800s monometre, 1800s– monometer. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin monometer; Greek μονόμετρος. Etymology: < post-classical Latin monometer (adjective) consisting of one metrical foot (3rd cent.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek μονόμετρος (adjective) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + μέτρον measure (see -meter comb. form¹). Compare French monomètre (noun) a poem with a single metre (1812), (adjective) consisting of one metrical foot (1771).A masculine singular monometer (or monometrus) is not attested as either adjective or noun in post-classical Latin. The adjective is attested as monometra (feminine singular, 3rd cent.) and monometron (neuter singular, 4th cent.); the neuter occurs as noun (4th cent.) as monometrum (singular) and monometra (plural), and in oblique cases. Prosody. A line consisting of one metrical foot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of one measure monometer1827 1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) 429 In a regular system it consists of Dimeters with a Monometer sometimes interposed, and is concluded by a Dimeter catalectic. 1838 C. Anthon Syst. Greek Prosody & Metre ii. 105 An antispastic monometer is rare. 1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 141/1 Dochmiac monometer. 1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 248 The refrain is an iambic monometer, which was often used in exclamations. 1957 W. Beare Latin Verse vii. 82 From iambic trimeters we pass freely to dimeters, monometers, iambics with catalexis and syncopation. 1987 Amer. Lit. 59 349 The poem's only monometer, ‘Love-Least’ alliteratively recalls ‘Largest Lover’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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