English-Thai Dictionary

hexameter

ADJ ซึ่ง ประกอบด้วย  6 จังหวะ  sueng-pra-kob-duai-6 jang-wa

 

hexameter

N บรรทัด โคลง หรือ กวี ที่ ประกอบด้วย  6 จังหวะ  ban-thad-klong rue-ka-we-ti-pra-kob-duai-6-jang-wa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEXAMETER

n.[Gr. six, and measure. ] In ancient poetry, 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 Illiad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil.

 

HEXAMETER

a.Having six metrical feet.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEXAMETER

Hex *am "e *ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. hexamètre. See Six, and Meter. ](Gr. & Lat. Pros.)

 

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 Æneid 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.

 

HEXAMETER

HEXAMETER Hex *am "e *ter, a.

 

Defn: Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hexameter

hex am e ter |hekˈsamitər hɛkˈsæmədər | ▶noun Prosody a line of verse consisting of six metrical feet, esp. of six dactyls. DERIVATIVES hex a met ric |ˌheksəˈmetrik |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek hexametros ‘of six measures ’ (from hex ‘six ’ + metron ‘measure ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

hexameter

hexameter |hɛkˈsamɪtə | ▶noun Prosody a line of verse consisting of six metrical feet. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek hexametros ‘of six measures ’ (from hex ‘six ’ + metron ‘measure ’).

 

Duden Dictionary

Hexameter

He xa me ter Substantiv, maskulin Verslehre , der |Hex a meter |der Hexameter; Genitiv: des Hexameters, Plural: die Hexameter lateinisch hexameter, zu griechisch hexámetros = aus sechs Versfüßen bestehend aus sechs Versfüßen (meist Daktylen ) bestehender epischer Vers (dessen letzter Versfuß um eine Silbe gekürzt ist )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hexameter

hex am e ter /heksǽmətə r /名詞 U C 〘韻律 〙6歩格 (の詩 ).