hexameter

English

Alternative forms

• hexametre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος.

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

Translations

line in a poem

• Esperanto: heksametro (eo)
• French: hexamètre (fr) m

• Italian: esametro (it)

poetic metre

• French: hexamètre (fr) m

• Italian: esametro (it)
• Russian: гекзаметр (ru) (gekzametr) m 

See also

• (poetic meter) monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, enneameter, decameter, hendecameter, dodecameter, triskaidecameter ^{(Category: en:Prosody)}

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Latin

Noun

hexameter (genitive hexametri); m, second declension

1. hexameter

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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