catalexis
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Catalexis (moth) — Taxobox name = Crocomela regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Gelechiidae genus = Catalexis Catalexis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae … Wikipedia
catalexis — См. catalessi … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
catalexis — /kat l ek sis/, n., pl. catalexes /kat lek seez/. Pros. the absence of a syllable at the beginning or end of a line of metrical verse resulting in an incomplete foot, most often occurring in the last foot at the end of a verse; a catalectic line … Universalium
catalexis — noun a) A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse. b) Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables. See Also: catalectic … Wiktionary
catalexis — cat·a·lex·is … English syllables
catalexis — noun the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse • Derivationally related forms: ↑catalectic • Hypernyms: ↑meter, ↑metre, ↑measure, ↑beat, ↑cadence … Useful english dictionary
catalexis and acatalexis — ▪ prosody in prosody, an omission or incompleteness in the last foot of a line or other unit in metrical verse and, conversely, the metrical completeness of such a unit. * * * … Universalium
Acatalectic — An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. The term is arguably of limited significance or utility, at least by comparison to its antonym, catalectic, for the simple reason that… … Wikipedia
catalectic — I noun (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot • Derivationally related forms: ↑catalexis • Topics: ↑prosody, ↑metrics • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dicatalexis — (|)dī+ noun Etymology: di + catalexis prosody : catalexis occurring twice within a line … Useful english dictionary
