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Definition of Acatalectics
1. acatalectic [n] - See also: acatalectic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acatalectics
Literary usage of Acatalectics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1865)
"... no trimeter acatalectics of truest balance and purest fall could be half so
fair to scan; not “Harmony of the golden hair,” and her nine ..."
2. A System of Greek Prosody and Metre, for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1842)
"I. In systems of iambic dimeter acatalectics the dactyl is not often employed,
the feet most commonly used being the tribrach, spondee, and anapaest. II. ..."
3. Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar: For Schools and Colleges : Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1892)
"Synecdoche: the use of the name of a part for the whole, or the reverse. 387.
III. TERMS OF PROSODY. acatalectics complete, as a verse or a series of feet ..."
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