hipponactean

hipponactean
I. \\|hipəˌnak|tēən, -|naktē-\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Hipponacteus of Hipponax (from Hipponact-, Hipponax, 6th century B.C. Greek poet reputed to have invented the choliamb, from Greek Hippōnakt-, Hippōnax) + English -an
: of or relating to Hipponax or to the verse forms ascribed to him; specifically : choliambic
II. noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: a Hipponactean verse; specifically : a hypercatalectic form of glyconic

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