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heptameter

hep tam e ter |hepˈtamitər hɛpˈtæmədər | noun Prosody a line of verse consisting of seven metrical feet. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: via late Latin from Greek heptametron, from hepta- seven + metron measure.

 

Oxford Dictionary

heptameter

heptameter |hɛpˈtamɪtə | noun Prosody a line of verse consisting of seven metrical feet. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: via late Latin from Greek heptametron, from hepta- seven + metron measure .

 

Duden Dictionary

Heptameter

Hep ta me ter Substantiv, maskulin Verslehre , der |Hept a meter |spätlateinisch heptameter, zu griechisch heptá = sieben, gebildet nach Hexameter siebenfüßiger Vers