Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑξάμετρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑξάμετρος ἑξάμετρον

Structure: ἑξαμετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of six metres, hexameter

Examples

  • λέγει γὰρ οὗτοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἑξαμέτροισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 55 1:5)
  • ἐπὶ δύο ἑξαμέτροισ πεντάμετρον εἰμὶ Δίκων υἱὸσ Καλλιμβρότου· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 151)
  • ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἑξαμέτροισ πεντάμετρον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 161)
  • Σαπφὼ δ’ Ἠρίννησ ὅσσον μελέεσσιν ἀμείνων, Ἤριννα Σαπφοῦσ τόσσον ἐν ἑξαμέτροισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 190 1:2)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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