eupolidean

eupolidean
\\|yüˌpälə|dēən, |yüpəl-; |yüpə|lidē-\ noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Greek eupolideion Eupolidean (from neuter of eupolideios in the style of Eupolis, from Eupolid-, Eupolis Eupolis, 5th century B.C. Greek writer of comedies) + English -an
: the characteristic meter used by Eupolis composed of two polyschematist choriambic dimeters the second of which is catalectic (as oooo-˘˘- oooo-˘-)

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