trimetris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →trimetrus, trimetra, trimetrum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Poetry
containing three double feet;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →trimeter, trimetri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Poetry
trimeter; three metric feet;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →trimetr, trimetris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Poetry
trimeter;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adeas, tantum dabis" male cluderet, nam et trimetri versus pars ultima est: excipit "ut tibi cibum vestitumque intro..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...breui subiecta uocatur iambus, pes citus; unde etiam trimetris adcrescere iussit nomen iambeis, cum senos redderet ictus, primus..."
