Hexameter Definition

hĕk-sămĭ-tər
hexameters
noun
A line of verse containing six metrical feet or measures; specif., the six-foot dactylic line of classical verse, the first four feet of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee or trochee.
Webster's New World
Verse consisting of hexameters.
Webster's New World
adjective
Having six metrical feet or measures.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hexameter

Noun

Singular:
hexameter
Plural:
hexameters

Origin of Hexameter

  • Latin from Greek hexametros having six metrical feet hexa- hexa- metron meter meter1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (heksametros).

    From Wiktionary

Hexameter Sentence Examples

  • The peculiar rapidity of Homer is due in great measure to his use of the hexameter verse.

  • Should we revive dactylic hexameter for What on Earth features?

  • The verse-form is a heroic hexameter with an Iambic trimeter attendant upon it.

  • The metre used by Theocritus in the Bucolics and Mimes, as well as in the Epics, is the dactylic hexameter.

  • They were written in hexameter verse and in Greek; hence the college of curators was always assisted by two Greek interpreters.

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