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catalexes

catalexes is the plural of catalexis.

Meaning of catalexis

Noun

catalexis (plural catalexes)

  1. A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
  2. Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.

Questions about catalexes

What is catalexes the plural of?
Catalexes is the plural of catalexis.

Words near catalexes in the dictionary

  1. cataleptize
  2. cataleptized
  3. cataleptizes
  4. cataleptizing
  5. cataleptoid
  6. catalexes
  7. catalexis
  8. Catalexit
  9. Catalfamo
  10. Catalfamos
  11. Catalina

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catalexes (page history and authors); catalexis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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