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(), n.[L., fr. Gr. of six meters; (sc. ) hexameter verse; "e°x six + measure: cf. F. hexamtre. See Six, and Meter.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the neid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge. Hexam"eter a.Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland. スポンサード リンク
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