Prosodiac
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prosodiac is a noun meaning (Ancient Greece, music, prosody) Of or relating to a prosodion or prosodiac.
Meaning
(Ancient Greece, music, prosody) Of or relating to a prosodion or prosodiac.
More Meanings
- (Ancient Greece, music, prosody) A verse used in prosodia, having three anapests, of which the first may be substituted with a spondee or iamb.
- (rare) Synonym of prosodic.
Example Sentences
The proſodiac nome was ſung in honour of Mars, and was, they ſay, invented by Olympus.
Prosodiacs normally start with double-short —◡◡— (d) and end with single-short —◡— (s).
With a shorter prosodiac line which is then repeated, 1075 f., according to [James] Diggle’s colometry.
The specific characteristics of melic anapaests are: […] (6) The presence of catalectic and acatalectic (prosodiac) tripodies.
Word Forms
- prosodiacs
Synonyms for prosodiac
Depending on context, synonyms include prosodic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include procerus, prosodist, ascendant, proser, prosoma, prophase.
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