procatalecticadj.

Brit.

/prəʊˌkatəˈlɛktɪk/,

/ˌprəʊkatəˈlɛktɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌproʊˌkædlˈɛktɪk/

Forms: 1800s prokatalehtik, 1900s– procatalectic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek προκαταληκτικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek προκαταληκτικός < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix² + Hellenistic Greek καταληκτικός catalectic adj. Compare earlier acatalectic adj., catalectic n., hypercatalectic adj. Compare also dicatalectic adj.

Ancient Greek Prosody.

Of a verse: catalectic in its former colon (colon n.² 1).

ΚΠ

1843 T. F. Barham tr. Hephæstion xv. 195 Now..it is plain from the tomèh, that it consists.., of the akatalehkt trokhaïk dimeter, and the iambik hefthehmimer: but the first, from having the tomèh a syllable before, has become prokatalehtik [Gk. εγένετο προκαταληκτικόν].

1907 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 38 p. xvi Latin metric art of the first period was a rhythm of accent contrasted and harmonized with a rhythm of ictus through the good offices of the ictuo-accentual or procatalectic foot.

1964 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 22 443/2 The Greek theory of poetic rhythm recognized two variants of pauses: the catalectic (unfinished), with a syllable missing at the end of the verse, and the procatalectic (retarded), with a syllable missing at the beginning of the line.

1987 J. M. van Ophuijsen Hephaestion on Metre xv. 155 The most likely supposition is that ‘procatalectic’ is reserved for metra whose second colon is acatalect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	procatalectic
释义	procatalecticadj. Brit. /prəʊˌkatəˈlɛktɪk/, /ˌprəʊkatəˈlɛktɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊˌkædlˈɛktɪk/ Forms: 1800s prokatalehtik, 1900s– procatalectic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek προκαταληκτικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek προκαταληκτικός < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix² + Hellenistic Greek καταληκτικός catalectic adj. Compare earlier acatalectic adj., catalectic n., hypercatalectic adj. Compare also dicatalectic adj. Ancient Greek Prosody. Of a verse: catalectic in its former colon (colon n.² 1). ΚΠ 1843 T. F. Barham tr. Hephæstion xv. 195 Now..it is plain from the tomèh, that it consists.., of the akatalehkt trokhaïk dimeter, and the iambik hefthehmimer: but the first, from having the tomèh a syllable before, has become prokatalehtik [Gk. εγένετο προκαταληκτικόν]. 1907 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 38 p. xvi Latin metric art of the first period was a rhythm of accent contrasted and harmonized with a rhythm of ictus through the good offices of the ictuo-accentual or procatalectic foot. 1964 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 22 443/2 The Greek theory of poetic rhythm recognized two variants of pauses: the catalectic (unfinished), with a syllable missing at the end of the verse, and the procatalectic (retarded), with a syllable missing at the beginning of the line. 1987 J. M. van Ophuijsen Hephaestion on Metre xv. 155 The most likely supposition is that ‘procatalectic’ is reserved for metra whose second colon is acatalect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1843
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