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English
Etymology
From Latin Pherecratēus, by-form of Pherecratīus, from Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́τειος (Pherekrắteios), from Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrắtēs, “Pherecrates”), the name of the metre’s inventor.
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Adjective
Pherecratean (not comparable)
- (Ancient Greek and Latin prosody, of a logaoedic metre or verse) Consisting of three prosodic feet, normally a spondee, dactyl, and spondee (or trochee), but admitting of some variations.
- Synonyms: Pherecratian, Pherecratic
1861, Hadley, Greek Gram., § 921:Pherecratean verses are sometimes combined in systems: but much more frequent are Glyconic systems closing with a Pherecratean.
Translations
consisting of three feet, spondee–dactyl–spondee or spondee–dactyl–trochee
Noun
Pherecratean (plural Pherecrateans)
- (Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A Pherecratean metre.
- Synonyms: Pherecratian, Pherecratic
- (Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A Pherecratean verse.
- Synonyms: Pherecratian, Pherecratic
1861, Hadley, Greek Gram., § 921:Pherecratean verses are sometimes combined in systems: but much more frequent are Glyconic systems closing with a Pherecratean.
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