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prosodiacs

prosodiacs is the plural of prosodiac.

Meaning of prosodiac

Noun

prosodiac (plural prosodiacs)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A verse used in prosodia, having three anapests, of which the first may be substituted with a spondee or iamb.
    • Moreover, unto him [Archilochus], as firſt inventour, are attributed the Epodes, Tetrameter, Iambicks, Procritique and Proſodiacks; […]1603, Plutarch, “Of Musicke. A Dialogue. […]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1257, lines 10–11

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Questions about prosodiacs

What is prosodiacs the plural of?
Prosodiacs is the plural of prosodiac.

Words near prosodiacs in the dictionary

  1. prosodemes
  2. prosodia
  3. prosodiac
  4. prosodiacal
  5. prosodiacally
  6. prosodiacs
  7. prosodial
  8. prosodially
  9. prosodian
  10. prosodians
  11. prosodic

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