Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Adonis . - adjective of a man Very
beautiful orhandsome ; physicallyperfect . - adjective meter having a
dactyl followed by either aspondee ortrochee - noun poetry A
verse consisting of adactyl andspondee .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Adōnis).
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Examples
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As you can see, this hymn is in my favorite meter: 11 11 11 5, called the "Sapphic and Adonic meter," apparently.
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Abandoning the usual arrangement in stanzas of three lesser Sapphics followed by an Adonic verse, his Sapphic choruses consist almost entirely of the lesser
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A warlike song in Sapphic and Adonic stanzas created a more favourable impression.
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Of these the four-syllable type seems to me the one to be preferred, as giving the effect of the Adonic better than if it had been two syllables longer.
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[126] 99 Adonic verses kata stichon, followed by 13 dactylic hexameters.
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