hexametri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hexameter, hexametra, hexametrum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
hexameter; with six metrical feet; (of verse);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →hexametrus, hexametra, hexametrum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
hexameter; with six metrical feet; (of verse);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →hexameter, hexametri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
hexameter line; verse in hexameter;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →hexametrus, hexametri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
hexameter line; verse in hexameter;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fatiges et tacitam quaeras, quam possis rodere, carnem. "Hexametris epigramma facis" scio dicere Tuccam. Tucca, solet fieri, denique..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...initia initiis non convenient, ut T. Livius hexametri exordio coepit: "facturusne operae pretium sim" (nam ita editum..."
