hexametral

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• hexameter — hexametric /hek seuh me trik/, hexametrical, hexametral, adj. /hek sam i teuhr/, Pros. n. 1. a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl,… …   Universalium

• hexameter —   n. verse line of six feet.    ♦ hexametral,    ♦ hexametric, a …   Dictionary of difficult words