Definition of Amphimacer

1. n. A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cāst&?;tās.

Definition of Amphimacer

1. Noun. A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic ¹

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Definition of Amphimacer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphimacer

amphigenetic
amphigenous
amphigens
amphigonous
amphigoric
amphigories
amphigory
amphikaryon
amphikinetic
amphileukaemic
amphilic
amphilogy
amphimacer (current term)
amphimacers
amphimicrobe
amphimictic
amphimixes
amphineura
amphinucleolus
amphions
amphioxi
amphioxus
amphioxuses
amphipath
amphipathic
amphipaths

Literary usage of Amphimacer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ästhetik: Psychologie des Schönen und der Kunst by Theodor Lipps (1903)
"Wir bezeichnen diese rhythmische Einheit in Ermangelung eines besseren Namens als amphimacer, etwa „Gott ist gut"; dabei trägt „Gott" den Hochton und „gut" ..."

2. Indische Studien: Beiträge für die Kunde des indischen Alterthums by Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (1863)
"... einen amphimacer. Aehn- lich die harini 7, 19 „das Reh" die mit fünf Kürzen beginnt, darauf fünf Längen, einen Jambus, Anapaest, Jambus folgen ..."

3. The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study by Alexander Adam (1818)
"The first line, (Trochaic,) consisting of three trochees, and a c.«su- ra ; or (if a . amphimacer and two ..."

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