asclepiad

asclepiad
noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek asklēpiad-, asklēpias celandine, from Asklēpios, Greek god of medicine Date: 1859 milkweed

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  • asclepiad — ASCLEPIÁD, asclepiade, adj. (În sintagma) Vers asclepiad (şi substantivat, m.) = vers din metrica antică, alcătuit dintr un spondeu (sau troheu), doi (sau trei) coriambi şi un iamb. [pr.: pi ad] – Din fr. asclépiade, lat. asclepiadeus. Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • Asclepiad — As*cle pi*ad, n. (Gr. & L. Pros.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Asclepiad — An asclepiad may be:* A plant of the former family Asclepiadaceae * A a type of metrical line used in lyric poetry * An Asclepiad (Greek) was ancient Greek of uncertain profession, possibly, a physician or priest. References …   Wikipedia

  • asclepiad — ▪ literature       Greek lyric verse later used by Latin poets such as Catullus, Horace, and Seneca. The asclepiad consisted of an aeolic nucleus, a choriamb to which were added more choriambs and iambic (iamb) or trochaic (trochee) elements at… …   Universalium

  • Asclepiad (poetry) — An asclepiad is a line of poetry following a particular metrical pattern. The form is attributed to Asclepiades of Samos and is one of the Aeolic metres. As with other Aeolic metrical lines, the asclepiad is built around a choriamb, to which one… …   Wikipedia

  • Asclepiad (Greek) — It is uncertain as to who an Asclepiad was. Some theories hold that they were priests of an Asclepion in ancient Greece. Harvnb|Rutkow|1993|p=21 ] The Asclepiadae could also have been a guild in honour of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing,… …   Wikipedia

  • Asclepiad — n. type of poetical verse (Poetry) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ASCLEPIAD — Asclepiadus …   Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions

  • asclepiad — as·cle·pi·ad …   English syllables

  • asclepiad — /əsˈklipiæd/ (say uhs kleepeead) noun a plant belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, or milkweed family of plants. {New Latin Asclēpias the milkweed genus (Greek asklēpias kind of plant, named after Asklēpios Asclepius, the god of medicine)… …  

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