hexameter

See also: Hexameter

English

Alternative forms

hexametre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: he‧xa‧me‧ter

Noun

hexameter (countable and uncountable, plural hexameters)

(countable) a line in a poem having six metrical feet
(uncountable) a poetic metre in which each line has six feet

Translations

line in a poem

Esperanto: heksametro
French: hexamètre (fr) m
Italian: esametro (it)
Latin: hexameter

Polish: heksametr m
Russian: гекза́метр (ru) m (gekzámetr)
Slovak: hexameter

poetic metre

French: hexamètre (fr) m
Italian: esametro (it)
Latin: hexameter

Polish: heksametr
Russian: гекза́метр (ru) m (gekzámetr)
Slovak: hexameter

See also

(poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter

Anagrams

hexametre

Latin

Etymology

Derived from hexa- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hekˈsa.me.ter/, [hɛkˈsa.mɛ.tɛr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.me.ter/, [ekˈsaː.me.ter]

Noun

hexameter m (genitive hexametri); second declension

hexameter

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hexameter	hexametrī
genitive	hexametrī	hexametrōrum
dative	hexametrō	hexametrīs
accusative	hexametrum	hexametrōs
ablative	hexametrō	hexametrīs
vocative	hexameter¹	hexametrī

¹May also be hexametre.

References

hexameter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hexameter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hexameter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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