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Definition of Dochmiac
1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
Definition of Dochmiac
1. Adjective. (poetry) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dochmiac
1. rhythmically arranged in five syllables [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dochmiac
Literary usage of Dochmiac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Greek Prosody and Metre, for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1842)
"Antispastic and dochmiac. 13. Antispastic dimeter. 14. ... dochmiac and antispastic.
16. The same measure. 17. Cretic trimeter. Vss. 706-718 (Leipsic ed. ..."
2. Bacchae by Euripides (1893)
"This like the cretic is a rhythm which might naturally occur asa variety in a
dochmiac system. It occurs in Aesch. and often in the choric passages of Flaut ..."
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