tetrametern.

/tɪˈtramɪtə/

Etymology: < Latin tetrametrus noun, < Greek τετράμετρος adjective, < τετρα- tetra- comb. form + μέτρον measure. So French tétramètre.

Prosody.

a. A verse or period consisting of four measures. In ancient prosody, a trochaic, iambic, or anapæstic tetrameter consisted of four dipodies (= eight feet); in other rhythms a tetrameter was a tetrapody or period of four feet. The name was given specifically to the Trochaic Tetrameter Catalectic or Septenarius, as in ‘Crās a|mēt quī | nūnqu' a| māvit ‖ quīque a|māvit | crās a mēt'.

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1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 67 The first are couplets interchanged of XVI. & XIIII. feet,..the second of equall tetrameters.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxv He makes no difficulty, to mingle Hexameters with Iambique Trimeters; or with Trochaique Tetrameters.

1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 93 I ask..what thou thinkest the most perfect measure, The trimeter or the tetrameter?

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 250 The metre..is the iambic tetrameter catalectic.

b. attributive or as adj.

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1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives V. 272 A poem, entitled Pontius Glaucus,..written by him [Cicero], when a boy, in tetrameter verse.

1811 Elmsley in Edinb. Rev. Nov. 72 To introduce these refractory names into tetrameter trochaics, Aristophanes has twice used a choriambus, and once an ionic a minore, in the place of the regular trochaic dipodia.

1827 J. Tate Greek Metres §10.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	tetrameter
释义	tetrametern. /tɪˈtramɪtə/ Etymology: < Latin tetrametrus noun, < Greek τετράμετρος adjective, < τετρα- tetra- comb. form + μέτρον measure. So French tétramètre. Prosody. a. A verse or period consisting of four measures. In ancient prosody, a trochaic, iambic, or anapæstic tetrameter consisted of four dipodies (= eight feet); in other rhythms a tetrameter was a tetrapody or period of four feet. The name was given specifically to the Trochaic Tetrameter Catalectic or Septenarius, as in ‘Crās a\|mēt quī \| nūnqu' a\| māvit ‖ quīque a\|māvit \| crās a mēt'. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > tetrameter tetrameter1612 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 67 The first are couplets interchanged of XVI. & XIIII. feet,..the second of equall tetrameters. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxv He makes no difficulty, to mingle Hexameters with Iambique Trimeters; or with Trochaique Tetrameters. 1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 93 I ask..what thou thinkest the most perfect measure, The trimeter or the tetrameter? 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 250 The metre..is the iambic tetrameter catalectic. b. attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > tetrameter tetrameter1770 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives V. 272 A poem, entitled Pontius Glaucus,..written by him [Cicero], when a boy, in tetrameter verse. 1811 Elmsley in Edinb. Rev. Nov. 72 To introduce these refractory names into tetrameter trochaics, Aristophanes has twice used a choriambus, and once an ionic a minore, in the place of the regular trochaic dipodia. 1827 J. Tate Greek Metres §10. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1612
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