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Definition of Monopody
1. n. A measure of but a single foot.
Definition of Monopody
1. a measure consisting of a single metrical foot [n -DIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monopody
Literary usage of Monopody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reprints of Papers from the Department of Anatomy of the University of by California University. Dept. of anatomy (1908)
"monopody with participation of the end bud. Willach, Narath, Nicholas, and Dimitrova.
5. Mixed monopody and Dichotomy simultaneously. Stieda, Robinson. 6. ..."
2. The Metres of the Greeks and Romans: A Manual for Schools and Private Study by Eduard Munk (1844)
"The double or Trochaic-iambic Class . . 59 A. Falling, Trochaic Rhythms 59 1.
The monopody. ... The monopody, or the Monometer . . . .83 2. ..."
3. A Criticism of Systems of Hebrew Metre: An Elementary Treatise by William Henry Cobb (1905)
"2. As to tone-height, we are to notice especially the mutual relation of the rises.
In the monopody this relation is free, the syllables may ..."
4. Grammar of the Greek Language: For Use of Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Crosby (1871)
"A single foot, taken by itself, is called a monopody (irais, foot) ; л combination
of two feet, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In ancient prosody the measure was sometimes a single foot (monopody), and
sometimes a pair of feet ..."
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