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31truncated — adjective Date: circa 1704 1. having the apex replaced by a plane section and especially by one parallel to the base < a truncated cone > 2. a. cut short ; curtailed < a truncated schedule > b. lacking an expected or normal element (as a… …
32Dies Irae — For other uses, see Dies Irae (disambiguation). Centre panel from Memling triptych Last Judgment (c. 1467–1471) Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) is a thirteenth century Latin hymn thought to be written by Thomas of Celano (1200 – c. 1265) …
33List of literary terms — The following is a list of literary terms; that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of literature.: See also: Glossary of poetry terms, Literary criticism, Literary theory CompactTOC8 name=Contents… …
34Hexameter — Der Hexameter (griechisch ἑξάμετρον, hexámetron, wörtlich „Sechs Maß“) ist das klassische Versmaß der epischen Dichtung. In dieser Verwendung wird er deshalb auch oft als epischer Hexameter bezeichnet, um ihn von seiner anderen klassischen… …
35Iliade — Titelblatt der Iliasausgabe von Theodose Thiel, die in Straßburg am Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts veröffentlicht wurde …
36Ilias — Manuskript F205 der Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Mailand mit Text und Illustration der Verse 245–253 des achten Buches der Ilias aus dem späten 5. oder frühen 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr …
37catalessi — (каталексис | catalexe | Katalexe | catalexis | catalessi) Усечение (гр. katalêksis) полустопы на конце или в начале метрической группы (стиха, строфы, системы); особый прием в некоторых видах стиха в греко латинской метрике. Усеченный член… …
38slēg- — Also lēg . To be slack, be languid. Possibly related to slēb through a hypothetical base *slē (< earlier *sleə₁ ). Zero grade form *sləg , becoming *slag . 1. slack1, from Old English slæc, “loose,” indolent, careless, from Germanic *slak . 2.… …
39septenarius — /sep teuh nair ee euhs/, n., pl. septenarii / nair ee uy /. Pros. a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used esp. in Latin poems. [1810 20; < L septenarius (see SEPTENARY)] * * * ▪ prosody Latin:“consisting of seven of… …
40trochee — /troh kee/, n. Pros. a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. [1580 90; < L trochaeus < Gk (poùs), trochaîos running (foot), equiv. to troch (var. s. of …
