单词 | proceleusmatic |
释义 | proceleusmaticn.adj. A. n. Prosody. A metrical foot of four short syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > four short syllables proceleusmatic1708 tetraseme1895 1708 T. Watt Gram. made Easie (ed. 2) 63 And in this Verse of Virgil there seems to be a Proceleusmatick in the fifth place. 1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 74 A Proceleusmatic, which is four short. 1784 J. B. Seale Anal. Greek Metres iii. 12 In some instances the proper foot is resolved into a Proceleusmatic. 1837 C. P. Brown Sanscrit Prosody 13 One long being equal to two shorts, the admissible feet are the spondee, dactyl, amphibrach, anapæst and proceleusmatic. 1885 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 16 93 The great number of proceleusmatics gives a hurrying rapidity of motion. 1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 344 Mar[ius] Vic[torinus] says that proceleusmatics were used in Satyric plays, whereas they are alien to sober compositions in anapaests. 1991 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 112 447 Lines 922–30 of this passage are..marked by Doric α-forms and a proceleusmatic at the end instead of the usual paroemiac. B. adj. 1. Prosody. Relating to or designating a proceleusmatic; (of a word) consisting of four short syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > proceleusmatic proceleusmatic1763 tetrachronous1891 tetrasemic1891 1763 J. Foster Ess. Accent & Quantity (ed. 2) 37 So the word instead of being, as most Scholars imagine, a Proceleusmatic foot..will become the fourth Epitrite. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 425 The proceleusmatic foot, or four short syllables, instead of the dactyl. 1852 J. S. Blackie Pronunc. Greek 43 The tendency to the ineffective tribrachic and even proceleusmatic accent in the termination of our polysyllables. 1924 Classical Q. 18 43 [This] would account for the lacuna by haplography, as well as for the change of mei to me (posita pot- is, of course, a proceleusmatic foot). 1929 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 50 99 In an appendix one of Fraenkel's students applies the same method to proceleusmatic words with ictus like facílius. 1996 Classical Rev. 46 238 Monographs on various aspects, including the special ‘licences’ allowed in the first foot, iambic shortening, and proceleusmatic words. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective] stirring1421 excitative1490 rousing1576 animating1595 excitant1608 exciteful?1615 spirit-stirringa1616 spiritous1624 excitatinga1643 exagitating1646 fermentive1656 awakening1694 electrifying1746 upstirring1751 electrical1760 thrilling1768 excitive1774 proceleusmatic1775 electric1789 inspiriting1796 fermentitious1807 exciting1811 red-hot1835 hair-raising1838 suscitating1840 arousing1841 sizzling1845 zesty1853 excitory1861 throbbing1864 buzzing1882 ding-dong1887 thrillful1887 stir-up1890 large1895 thrilly1896 high voltage1909 voltaic1920 sizzly1936 Boy's Own1967 hot shit1967 crunk1995 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 140 The ancient proceleusmatick song, by which the rowers of gallies were animated. 1818 C. Mills Hist. Crusades (1822) I. 55 (note) In an army..there were as many proceleusmatick words as there were banners. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music iii. 115 The oar-song of the Hebridians, which resembles the proceleusmatic verse by which the rowers of Grecian galleys were animated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1708 |
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