Pherecratean
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Pherecratēus, by-form of Pherecratīus, from Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́τειος (Pherekráteios), from Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrátēs, “Pherecrates”), the name of the metre’s inventor.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editPherecratean (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
editconsisting of three feet, spondee–dactyl–spondee or spondee–dactyl–trochee
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Noun
editPherecratean (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.
Translations
editPherecratean metre
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Pherecratean verse
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Further reading
edit- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Pherecratean, a. (sb.)”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773, column 2.
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