Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τρίμετρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίμετρος τρίμετρον

Structure: τριμετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/tron

Sense

  1. consisting of three metres;, of three syzygies, of three metres or six feet, versus senarius, trimeter

Examples

  • Γύγησ, τοῦ καὶ Ἀρχίλοχοσ ὁ Πάριοσ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον γενόμενοσ ἐν ἰάμβῳ τριμέτρῳ ἐπεμνήσθη. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section5)
  • ἐπὶ τῷ ἀρτίῳ τριμέτρῳ δίμετρον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπορχηματικοῦ πενταμέτρου Μνασάλκεοσ τὸ σᾶμα τῶ Πλαταΐδα, τῶ λεγῃοποιῶ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 211)
  • ἐπὶ τριμέτρῳ ἀρτίῳ ἐπῳδὸν τετράμετρον ἡρωικὸν κατὰ τὴν παρεσχάτην σκάζον τόξον μέν, ᾧ Γίγαντοσ ὤλεσασ σθένοσ, ἴσχε βίησ, Ἑκάεργ’ ἀνάσσων· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 221)
  • καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναπαυομένου Κανδαύλεω ὑπεκδύσ τε καὶ ἀποκτείνασ αὐτὸν ἔσχε καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὴν βασιληίην Γύγησ τοῦ καὶ Ἀρχίλοχοσ ὁ Πάριοσ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον γενόμενοσ ἐν ἰάμβῳ τριμέτρῳ ἐπεμνήσθη. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 12 3:1)
  • ἡ δὲ Πυθίη σφι, ὡσ αὐτοὶ Κνίδιοι λέγουσι, χρᾷ ἐν τριμέτρῳ τόνῳ τάδε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 174 6:1)

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

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