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Definition of Semiped
1. n. A half foot in poetry.
Definition of Semiped
1. Noun. (poetry) Half of a metrical foot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semiped
1. a half foot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiped
Literary usage of Semiped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"... French demi-diamètre; semi-column, French demi-colonne ; semi-circle, French
demi-cercle and others. Semi-arian; Semi-pelagian; semiped, ..."
2. The Classical Journal (1820)
"It consists of three trochees and a semiped.. Aristophanes was very fond of it
at times. " In Latin, Horace adopts it. . , " Non eH)Qr ..."
3. The Works of James Harris, Esq. by James Harris (1841)
"semiped 7 6 C 5 < ' 4 c See p. 36. and p. 30, note n. See also p. 28, 29. Chap.
vi. 1 Chap. iv. sect . 3. r Page 38. b Page 37. d Chap. v. sect. 3. ..."
4. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"semiped. (Lat.) In poetry, half a foot. Semiquaver. A note of the eighth degree
of length, reckoning from the large ; half n quaver ; a sixteenth note ..."
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