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Definition of Dimeters
1. dimeter [n] - See also: dimeter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimeters
Literary usage of Dimeters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Latin Prosody Made Easy by John Carey, Terentianus Maurus (1830)
"... may equally be read as dimeters or continued paragraphs, without any greater
inconvenience in this case, than in that of the tragic ..."
2. Latin Hymns: With English Notes for Use in Schools and Colleges edited by Francis Andrew March (1883)
"Stanza of three dimeters, rhymed in triplets. Page 154. ... Page 189. XXXVII.
Stanza of six verses. 1, 3, 5, dimeters; 2, 4, 6, ..."
3. Latin Hymns: With English Notes edited by Francis Andrew March (1874)
"1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, 7, 8, 9, dimeters, rhyming in pairs or fours ; 5, 10, ...
Pages 135, 136. XL VIII. Stanza of eight verses. 1, 3, 5, 7, dimeters ..."
4. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"Our three inscriptions in Ionics come from Africa : 1519, 14 dimeters; Ritschl,
Opusc. ... VIII, 4475- Of these 23 verses we have a) 6 pure dimeters, ..."
5. The Verse of Greek Comedy by John Williams White (1912)
"384-8 (89) of five iambic dimeters. Only the last colon in each is ... of five
dimeters, a trimeter, and a dimeter. ..."
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