acatalectic
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acatalectic — ACATALÉCTIC, acatalectice, adj. (În metrica greco latină, în sintagma) Vers acatalectic (şi substantivat n.) = vers căruia nu i lipseşte nici o silabă. – Din fr. acatalectique. Trimis de ana zecheru, 29.07.2002. Sursa: DEX 98 acataléctic adj. n … Dicționar Român
Acatalectic — A*cat a*lec tic, a. [L. acatalecticus, Gr. ?, not defective at the end; a priv. + ? to cease.] (Pros.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. n. A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acatalectic — [ā΄kat΄ l ek′tik] adj. [LL acatalecticus < Gr akatalēktos, incessant < a , without + katalēgein: see CATALECTIC] Prosody having the full number of syllables, esp. in the last foot n. an acatalectic line of verse … English World dictionary
Acatalectic — An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. The term is arguably of limited significance or utility, at least by comparison to its antonym, catalectic, for the simple reason that… … Wikipedia
acatalectic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin acatalecticus, from acatalectus, from Greek akatalēktos, from a + katalēgein to leave off more at catalectic Date: 1589 not catalectic < acatalectic verse > • acatalectic noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
acatalectic — См. acatalèttico … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
acatalectic — /ay kat l ek tik/, Pros. adj. 1. not catalectic; complete. n. 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot. Cf. catalectic, hypercatalectic. [1580 90; < LL acatalecticus. See A 6, CATALECTIC] * * * … Universalium
acatalectic — acat·a·lec·tic … English syllables
acatalectic — a•cat•a•lec•tic [[t]eɪˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pro (of a line of verse) not catalectic; complete 2) pro a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot • Etymology: 1580–90; < LL … From formal English to slang
acatalectic — /ˌeɪkætəˈlɛktɪk/ (say .aykatuh lektik) adjective 1. not catalectic; complete. –noun 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot …
