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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβοι (hendekasúllaboi).
Noun
hendecasyllabī m pl (genitive hendecasyllabōrum); second declension
- verses of eleven syllables.
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Descendants
References
- “hendecasyllabi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hendecasyllabi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hendecasyllabi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.