Hipponactean

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adjective

Hip·​po·​nac·​te·​an

¦hipəˌnak¦tēən,

-¦naktē-

: of or relating to Hipponax or to the verse forms ascribed to him

specifically : choliambic

Hipponactean

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noun

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plural -s

: a Hipponactean verse

specifically : a hypercatalectic form of glyconic

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin Hipponacteus of Hipponax (from Hipponact-, Hipponax, 6th century b.c. Greek poet reputed to have invented the choliamb, from Greek Hippōnakt-, Hippōnax) + English -an

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