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ἀνάπαιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάπαιστος ἀνάπαιστος ἀνάπαιστον

Structure: ἀναπαιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: From a)napai/w

Sense

  1. struck back, rebounding, (substantive), anapest, antidactylus, reversed dactyl, dactyl repercussus
  2. an anapaestic verse, parabasis; satire, ridicule

Examples

  • παῖδέσ τε γὰρ κιθαρίζουσιν ἐν χιτῶσιν ἀνεζωσμένοισ καὶ πρὸσ αὐλὸν ᾄδοντεσ πάσασ ἅμα τῷ πλήκτρῳ τὰσ χορδὰσ ἐπιτρέχοντεσ ἐν ῥυθμῷ μὲν ἀναπαίστῳ, μετ’ ὀξέοσ δὲ τόνου τὸν θεὸν ᾄδουσιν ἄλλοι δ’ ἐφ’ ἵππων κεκοσμημένων τὸ θέατρον διεξέρχονται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 17 2:1)

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