partheniac

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) +‎ -ac.

Adjective[edit]

partheniac (not comparable)

(obsolete)
  1. (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry) of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
    1. anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac[1][2]
    2. anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic[3]
    3. anapestic tetrameter catalectic[4]

Usage notes[edit]

Authors seem to disagree about what this term designates.

Noun[edit]

partheniac (plural partheniacs)

  1. (Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, obsolete) a line of partheniac meter

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bullions, Peter. The Principles of Latin Grammar. Pratt, Woodford, Farmer & Brace, 1854. 323
  2. ^ Christiansen, Eric. "Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans." (1998). 217
  3. ^ Lyne, Richard. The Latin Primer in Three Parts... C. Law, 1806. 221
  4. ^ Grant, John. Institutes of Latin grammar... G. and WB Whittaker, 1823. 489

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