anacreontic

See also: Anacreontic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/

Adjective

anacreontic (comparative more anacreontic, superlative most anacreontic)

1. (prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter. [from 17th c.]
2. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous. [from 17th c.]
   • 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter X, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 95:

     [T]he false Thecla […] had initiated me into the anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.

Derived terms

{{col-auto|en|anacreontically anacronymic

Derived terms

• anacronymically

 

Translations

pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon

• German: anakreontisch (de)
• Polish: anakreontyczny
• Portuguese: anacreôntico
• Spanish: anacreóntico (es)

Noun

anacreontic (plural anacreontics)

1. (poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: anakreontyk (pl) m
• Spanish: anacreóntica (es) f

Anagrams

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anacréontique.

Adjective

anacreontic m or n (feminine singular anacreontică, masculine plural anacreontici, feminine and neuter plural anacreontice)

1. anacreontic

Declension

Declension of anacreontic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	anacreontic		anacreontică	anacreontici	anacreontice
	definite	anacreonticul		anacreontica	anacreonticii	anacreonticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	anacreontic		anacreontice	anacreontici	anacreontice
	definite	anacreonticului		anacreonticei	anacreonticilor	anacreonticelor