Leonine verse

English

Etymology

From leonine +‎ verse.

Noun

Leonine verse (countable and uncountable, plural Leonine verses)

1. (poetry) A kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme); also, the form of such verse.

   Synonym: leonine

Further reading

• Leonine verse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia