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PRONUNCIATION OF ANACREONTIC

Anacreontic  [əˌnækrɪˈɒntɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANACREONTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anacreontic can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES ANACREONTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anacreontic

Anacreontics

Anacreontics are verses in a meter used by the Greek poet Anacreon in his poems dealing with love and wine. His later Greek imitators took up the same themes and used the Anacreontic meter. In modern poetry, Anacreontics are short lyrical pieces that keep the Anacreontic subject matter but not the meter.

Definition of Anacreontic in the English dictionary

The first definition of Anacreontic in the dictionary is in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine. Other definition of Anacreontic is in praise of love or wine; amatory or convivial. Anacreontic is also an Anacreontic poem.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANACREONTIC


archontic
ɑːˈkɒntɪk
deontic
diːˈɒntɪk
diplobiontic
ˌdɪpləʊbaɪˈɒntɪk
diplontic
dɪpˈlɒntɪk
endodontic
ˌɛndəʊˈdɒntɪk
gerontic
dʒɛˈrɒntɪk
halobiontic
ˌhæləʊbaɪˈɒntɪk
haplobiontic
ˌhæpləʊˌbaɪˈɒntɪk
haplontic
hæˈplɒntɪk
mastodontic
ˌmæstəˈdɒntɪk
odontic
ɒˈdɒntɪk
ontic
ˈɒntɪk
orthodontic
ˌɔːθəʊˈdɒntɪk
paedodontic
ˌpiːdəʊˈdɒntɪk
periodontic
ˌperɪəˈdɒntɪk
quantic
ˈkwɒntɪk
romantic
rəʊˈmæntɪk
scazontic
skəˈzɒntɪk
strontic
ˈstrɒntɪk
symbiontic
ˌsɪmbɪˈɒntɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANACREONTIC

Anacreon
Anacreontically
anacruses
anacrusis
anacrustic
anadem
anadiplosis
anadromous
anadyomene
Anadyr

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANACREONTIC

anthelmintic
antic
authentic
Battle of the Atlantic
frantic
gigantic
inauthentic
mantic
mid-Atlantic
necromantic
North Atlantic
pedantic
rhapontic
semantic
South Atlantic
sycophantic
the Atlantic
transatlantic
unromantic
West Atlantic

Synonyms and antonyms of Anacreontic in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Anacreontic» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

明朗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anacreóntica
570 millions of speakers

English

Anacreontic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Anacreontic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Anacreontic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Анакреонтические
278 millions of speakers

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anacreóntica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Anacreontic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anacréontique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anacreontic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anakreontischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Anacreontic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Anacreontic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anacreontic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phong lưu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Anacreontic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनाक्रेन्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Anakrion´un uslübuyla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anacreontico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Anacreontic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

анакреонтические
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anacreontice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Anacreontic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Anacreontic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Anacreontic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Anacreontic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Anacreontic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANACREONTIC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANACREONTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Anacreontic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANACREONTIC»

Discover the use of Anacreontic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Anacreontic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Poetics of Imitation: Anacreon and the Anacreontic Tradition
This 1992 book explores the complex poetics of imitation which inspired anacreontic composition for so many centuries in antiquity.
Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, 2006
2
Anacreon Redivivus: A Study of Anacreontic Translation in ...
A study of the inspirations, themes, editions and influence of the Anacreontea , a collection of odes published in England in 1554 and falsely believed to be the work of the ancient Greek poet Anacreon.
John O'Brien, 1995
3
Cupid's Festival; or Poems amatory & anacreontic
' ANACREONTIC.' 1 'LI. teach you, boy, to revel, sport, and drink, And oh ! I 'll teach you not to high, or think, I swear by- all the sacred pow'rs above I 'll teach your bosom how to conquer love ! Make you resist' his artful wanton wiles, And make ...
‎1807
4
The Spenser Encyclopedia
The Anacreontic poems were later discovered to have been composed by a number of poets over seven centuries. However, they were attributed to Anacreon in Estienne's anthology, which was reprinted many times and was certainly known ...
A. C. Hamilton, 1990
5
Monteverdi
I 'Bel pastor dal cui bel sguardo' (Ottavio Rinuccini: anacreontic canzonetta), 'a2, soprano or tenor' 2 'Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti' (O. Rinuccini: sonnet), 'for two tenors', ciaccona 'Se vittorie si belle' (Fulvio Testi: madrigal), 'for two tenors' ...
Paolo Fabbri, 2007
6
Music and Performance Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain: ...
Essays in Honour of Nicholas Temperley Professor Bennett Zon. after a few appearances as a piano soloist diverted his career into other paths. As for other British prospects, William Shield is represented in the Anacreontic record only by a ...
Professor Bennett Zon, 2013
7
Practical English prosody and versification: or, ...
This form of the Trochaic is sometimes called Anacreontic, but very erroneously, as Anacreon's metre is quite different * It is easy to account for the error. — Some English poet, acquainted with Anacreon, wrote, like him, on light lively subjects ...
John Carey, 1816
8
Recollections of R.J.S. Stevens: An Organist in Georgian London
Thomas Sedgwick, who was a Pupil of mine having last year, sang the Anacreontic Song, at the Anacreontic Society, with considerable applause; I, this year composed a song for him to sing in the Concert, which went off with considerable ...
Richard John Samuel Stevens, Mark Argent, 1992
9
A Companion to Classical Receptions
Lorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray. themselves to themselves, in a world that was hostile to their practices and beliefs, the Anacreontic tradition will have given them a more sympathetic imaginary home. They were not alone in enjoying drink  ...
Lorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray, 2011
10
The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature
Shelley provided what is still, for all that it is only a hint, the best rationale for considering the Anacreontic ode as part of revolutionary Romanticism when he wrote in A Defence of Poetry (1821) that poetry addressed to the pleasures of the  ...
Frederick Burwick, Nancy Moore Goslee, Diane Long Hoeveler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANACREONTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Anacreontic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Floppy Drives Playing the National Anthem Will Leave You Misty-Eyed
To be fair, let them have their anthem - most of them are unaware that it's a British drinking club song called “The Anacreontic Song”. «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
2
8 things you didn't know about the Fourth of July
... set the lyrics of the national anthem to came from “To Anacreon in Heaven,” the constitutional song of the Anacreontic Society, a London club ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
3
What People Are Asking: How did our national anthem come to be?
This English song, composed in 1775, was a popular pub song and the theme song of the Anacreontic Society of London, a gentlemen's club ... «Cecil Whig, Jul 15»
4
Oh Say Can They Sing! Broadway's Best Perform The National …
... (or "The Anacreontic Song"). Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it quickly became a well-known American patriotic ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
5
Battles of the past inspired much of America's patriotic music
The music came from the works of John Stafford Smith, and his piece called “The Anacreontic Song” seemed to fit what they were looking for in ... «Shore News Today, Jul 15»
6
Bel Air to hold an 'Olde-Fashioned' Fourth of July
... Catherine Street Consort playing the original Star Spangled melody the Anacreontic song. Another flag-raising will be held at the same time, ... «Cecil Whig, Jun 15»
7
Prendre un verre de bière « right through » !
L'un d'entre eux, The Anacreontic Song, inspirera l'air de ce qui deviendra plus tard l'hymne national américain, Star-Spangled Banner. «Bières et Plaisirs, Jun 15»
8
Goldsmith, Place & What Gringpo Means For Your Reading
Authors translated between 1995 and the present include Virgil, Homer, Anacreontic fragments, Baudelaire, Mallarmé and Leopardi. Of the 10 ... «The Quietus, May 15»
9
O Say Can You See: Saluting 'The Star Spangled Banner'
Interpreter Jackie Collins said that the poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club ... «newszap.com, Jan 15»
10
The Story Behind “The Star-Spangled Banner”: A Q&A With Author …
They were called the Anacreontic Society, and Anacreon was a Greek poet whom one detractor called, “the dirty old man of Greek poetry. «American Songwriter, Dec 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Anacreontic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anacreontic>. May 2024 ».
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