Adonicn.adj.

Brit.

/əˈdəʊnɪk/, U.S.

/əˈdɑnɪk/

Forms: 1500s–1600s adonicke, 1600s adonick, 1700s– adonic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: Latin Adonicus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Adonicus (1495 or earlier) < classical Latin Adōnis , the name of Adonis (see Adonis n.) + -icus -ic suffix, after e.g. classical Latin Sapphicus Sapphic adj.; apparently so called as originally used in lamentations for Adonis; compare Sappho Fragment 168 ὦ τὸν Ἄδωνιν ‘O Adonis’, an example of this metre. Compare Middle French, French adonique (late 16th or early 17th cent.).

Prosody (chiefly Ancient Greek Prosody and Latin Prosody).

A. n.

A metre consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee; a verse or line written in this metre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of two measures > types of

Adonic1579

paroemiac1803

1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 100 In the nexte seate to thes hexameters, adonickes, and iambicks, I sett those that stand uppon the number, not in meter.

1633 H. Hawkins Partheneia Sacra xiii. 146 She chants forth longer verses, as they were Heroicks;..and sometimes againe, extreme short as Adonicks.

1696 W. T. Lily, Improved 167 An Adonick runs smoother, and carries a greater grace with it.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) We meet with Adonics by themselves without sapphics, as also sapphics without Adonics.

1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 374 The sapphics..were broken at a longer interval by the adonic.

1893 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 4 109 In all cases the Adonic must conform to the dactylic scheme, unless there is a monosyllabic close.

1948 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 19 391/1 In editions of Horace today we usually find a helpful account of the Greek meters he used—the Alcaic strophe, the Sapphic and Adonic, the iambic trimeter, and so on.

1993 J. M. Ziolkowski Talking Animals iv. 125 Then Leo breaks from Adonics for the first time in the poem and declares his wholehearted agreement in a different measure.

B. adj.

Of a verse or line: written in a metre consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee; (also) designating this metre itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > types of dimeter

Adonic1671

paroemiac1778

ithyphallic1795

Adonian1871

1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Adonick Verse, In Poetry, is a small Verse constituting of only one Dactylus and one Spondeus, and is seldom used but among Saphics.

1739 J. Holmes Clavis Grammaticalis iv. ii. 46 Of what Feet doth an Adonic Verse consist?

1795 J. Nott tr. Catullus Poems I. 140 (note) The Adonic line in the second stanza is deficient in Catullus.

1825 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 194/1 The last note si is to be collected from the two initials of the words forming the Adonic line.

1895 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders (ed. 2) VI. vii. iii. 136 The commonplaces about avarice expressed themselves..easily in the Adonic metre.

1913 P. V. Cohn tr. J. A. de Gobineau Renaissance 249 They are proposing to celebrate a sacrifice to the goddess Venus, with..strings of Sapphic and Adonic verses in Greek, Latin, and the vulgar tongue.

1997 F. A. D'Accone Civic Muse ii. 105 Martyr Ansane, for First Vespers, consists of seven stanzas in Sapphic adonic meter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adonic
释义	Adonicn.adj. Brit. /əˈdəʊnɪk/, U.S. /əˈdɑnɪk/ Forms: 1500s–1600s adonicke, 1600s adonick, 1700s– adonic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: Latin Adonicus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Adonicus (1495 or earlier) < classical Latin Adōnis , the name of Adonis (see Adonis n.) + -icus -ic suffix, after e.g. classical Latin Sapphicus Sapphic adj.; apparently so called as originally used in lamentations for Adonis; compare Sappho Fragment 168 ὦ τὸν Ἄδωνιν ‘O Adonis’, an example of this metre. Compare Middle French, French adonique (late 16th or early 17th cent.). Prosody (chiefly Ancient Greek Prosody and Latin Prosody). A. n. A metre consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee; a verse or line written in this metre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of two measures > types of Adonic1579 paroemiac1803 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 100 In the nexte seate to thes hexameters, adonickes, and iambicks, I sett those that stand uppon the number, not in meter. 1633 H. Hawkins Partheneia Sacra xiii. 146 She chants forth longer verses, as they were Heroicks;..and sometimes againe, extreme short as Adonicks. 1696 W. T. Lily, Improved 167 An Adonick runs smoother, and carries a greater grace with it. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) We meet with Adonics by themselves without sapphics, as also sapphics without Adonics. 1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 374 The sapphics..were broken at a longer interval by the adonic. 1893 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 4 109 In all cases the Adonic must conform to the dactylic scheme, unless there is a monosyllabic close. 1948 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 19 391/1 In editions of Horace today we usually find a helpful account of the Greek meters he used—the Alcaic strophe, the Sapphic and Adonic, the iambic trimeter, and so on. 1993 J. M. Ziolkowski Talking Animals iv. 125 Then Leo breaks from Adonics for the first time in the poem and declares his wholehearted agreement in a different measure. B. adj. Of a verse or line: written in a metre consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee; (also) designating this metre itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > types of dimeter Adonic1671 paroemiac1778 ithyphallic1795 Adonian1871 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Adonick Verse, In Poetry, is a small Verse constituting of only one Dactylus and one Spondeus, and is seldom used but among Saphics. 1739 J. Holmes Clavis Grammaticalis iv. ii. 46 Of what Feet doth an Adonic Verse consist? 1795 J. Nott tr. Catullus Poems I. 140 (note) The Adonic line in the second stanza is deficient in Catullus. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 194/1 The last note si is to be collected from the two initials of the words forming the Adonic line. 1895 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders (ed. 2) VI. vii. iii. 136 The commonplaces about avarice expressed themselves..easily in the Adonic metre. 1913 P. V. Cohn tr. J. A. de Gobineau Renaissance 249 They are proposing to celebrate a sacrifice to the goddess Venus, with..strings of Sapphic and Adonic verses in Greek, Latin, and the vulgar tongue. 1997 F. A. D'Accone Civic Muse ii. 105 Martyr Ansane, for First Vespers, consists of seven stanzas in Sapphic adonic meter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1579
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