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Definition of Asclepiad
1. Noun. Any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Asclepiadaceae, Family Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family
Group relationships: Asclepiadaceae, Family Asclepiadaceae, Milkweed Family
Definition of Asclepiad
1. n. A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
Definition of Asclepiad
1. Noun. (poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical foot metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambus choriambi, and an iambus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asclepiad
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepiad
Literary usage of Asclepiad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Horace and the Elegiac Poets by William Young Sellar, Andrew Lang (1892)
"... third asclepiad—was finally adopted by him as one of his regular metres, and
it is so employed that two couplets are grouped together into one stanza; ..."
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