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Definition of Priapean
1. n. A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.
Definition of Priapean
1. priapic [adj] - See also: priapic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priapean
Literary usage of Priapean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"... the circumstance of the fig-tree itself being the symbol of Egypt : but from
what he afterwards says of the priapean character of Osiris, we may Ñu. MU. ..."
2. Latin Prosody Made Easy by John Carey, Terentianus Maurus (1830)
"But, when the priapean metre was professedly used (which was generally on ...
Such is the received idea of the priapean. — To me, however, instead of one ..."
3. The Classical Journal (1817)
"60, a priapean verse occurs with aa initial broken quantity, representing л foot or
... A short and brisk metre has been formed out of the priapean verse, ..."
4. A System of Latin Prosody and Metre: From the Best Authorities, Ancient and by Charles Anthon (1850)
"I. The priapean measure was so called because originally employed on themes having
relation to ... The priapean will be considered after the hexameter. ..."
5. Grammar of the Latin Language by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard (1841)
"The priapean is usually accounted a specics of hexameter. ... A regular hexameter
verse is termed priapean, when it is so constructed as to be divisible ..."
6. The New Latin Tutor, Or, Exercises in Etymology, Syntax and Prosody by Frederick Percival Leverett (1838)
"The priapean is also a species of hexameter; but it has, generally, a trochee in
the first ... Catull A regular hexameter verse is termed priapean, and is, ..."
7. Questions Upon Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard (1839)
"When is a regular hexameter verse called priapean ? § 311. * Describe the pentameter
verse. How is it generally divided ? What is the ancient mode ? ..."
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