English Explanatory Dictionary

Hipponactean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to or characteristic of the Ancient Greek poet Hipponax; (specifically) using choliambic verse.
noun
  1. A Hipponactean verse; (especially) a hypercatalectic form of Glyconian verse.

Word forms

Hipponactean more Hipponactean most Hipponactean Hipponacteans

Etymology

From Hipponax + -ean.

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