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Hexameter
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(1):
(a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
(2):
(n.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hexameter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hexameter.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hexameter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hexameter.html. 1828.
