hexameter

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος.

[edit] Noun

hexameter (countable and uncountable; plural hexameters)

  1. (countable) a line in a poem having six metrical feet
  2. (uncountable) a poetic metre in which each line has six feet

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

hexameter (genitive hexametri); m, second declension

  1. hexameter

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative hexametr hexametrī
genitive hexametrī hexametrōrum
dative hexametrō hexametrīs
accusative hexametrum hexametrōs
ablative hexametrō hexametrīs
vocative hexametr 1 hexametrī

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