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Definition of Scazon
1. n. A choliamb.
Definition of Scazon
1. Noun. A limping satiric meter in classical verse. ¹
2. Noun. A iambic trimeter ending with a trochee or spondee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scazon
1. choliamb [n SCAZONS or SCAZONTES] - See also: choliamb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scazon
Literary usage of Scazon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Res Metrica: An Introduction to the Study of Greek & Roman Versification by William Ross Hardie (1920)
"... CHAPTER VI THE scazon OR ... The ' scazon' ended in a cadence which was a
favoured and familiar one in prose ..."
2. Latin Prosody Made Easy by John Carey, Terentianus Maurus (1830)
"The scazon is sometimes convertible into a dactylic pentameter, and vice versa: e.
gr. ... For cursing, nothing could equal the scazon : nor can I ever, ..."
3. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw by Richard Crashaw (1858)
"For pity's sake, O hide him quite, From his mother Nature's sight: Lest, for the
grief his loss may move, All her births abortive prove. IN EUNDEM scazon. ..."
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