Hexameter
[hek'sæmɪtə] or [hɛk'sæmɪtɚ]
Definition
(n.) 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 Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
(a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
Typist: Sam
Definition
n. a verse of six measures or feet the first four dactyls or spondees the fifth a dactyl (sometimes a spondee) the sixth a spondee or trochee.—adj. having six metrical feet.—adjs. Hexamet′ric -al.—n. Hexam′etrist a writer of hexameters.
Typed by Clarissa