anapaestos
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);
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →anapaestus, anapaesti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
anapaest (metrical foot, two shorts followed by long);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- M
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..." - M
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..."
