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dactylic

[ dak-til-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, containing, or characterized by dactyls:
dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line.
of a dactyl.

dactylic

/ dækˈtɪlɪk /

1580–90; < Latin dactylicus < Greek daktylikós. See dactyl, -ic

This may occur when the accent is on the first syllable of a foot; that is, when the foot is trochaic or dactylic.

Without such dactylic movement, the vocal expression of a pathos so intense would be hardly possible to the human voice.

In dactylic hexameter how many of these feet are there in a line?

Yet it is only by mere accident that Homer dealt with gods, wars, mythical events and employed dactylic hexameter.

A great variety of verses is used in the epitaphs, but the dactylic hexameter and the elegiac are the favorites.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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