Meaning of Hexameter

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Hexameter

1. 1
   n.

   A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.

2. 2
   a.

   Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.

3. 3
   n.

   A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.

4. 4
   a.

   Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.