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Definition of Caesuras
1. caesura [n] - See also: caesura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caesuras
Literary usage of Caesuras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Greek Grammar for the Use of High Schools and Universities by Philipp Buttmann, Alexander Buttmann, Edward Robinson (1851)
"In this way the verse-caesura then forces itself upon the ear, even over those
indispensable caesuras, which, as well as these optional ones, ..."
2. The Metres of the Greeks and Romans: A Manual for Schools and Private Study by Eduard Munk (1844)
"... Iambic rhythms delight in principal and foot caesuras ; longer verses, as the
tetrameter, ... caesuras ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1904)
"143) in his chapter on the end of the verse, but he makes no particular use of
it in his treatment of the caesuras. I have found, however, that nothing ..."
4. Grammar of the Greek Language: For the Use of High Schools and Colleges by Raphael Kühner (1872)
"For the same reason it is desirable that the caesuras should occur in different
places in different ..."
5. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1885)
"At first the endeavor was to make out as many masculine caesuras as possible,
... The American edition of Munk says : " Among all the caesuras, ..."
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