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Hexameter
Pronunciation : Hex*am"e*ter
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., fr. Gr. hexam?tre. See Six, and Meter.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hex*am"e*ter
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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