anapaesto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anapaestus, anapaesta, anapaestum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
anapaestic (consisting of two shorts followed by a long);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →anapaestus, anapaesti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
anapaest (metrical foot, two shorts followed by long);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →anapaestum, anapaesti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
anapaestic line/passage (metrical foot, two shorts followed by long);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dimensio versuum: pro dactylico poni non poterit anapaestos aut spondius, nec paean eadem ratione brevibus incipiet ac desinet..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...atque Mycenenses. Attica pubes reliquique Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur, hoc non dolere solum voluptatis nomine appellaret, illud..."
