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Meaning of "Asclepiadean" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASCLEPIADEAN

Via Latin from Greek Asklēpiadēs (about 270 bc), who invented the verse form.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASCLEPIADEAN

Asclepiadean  [æˌskliːpɪəˈdiːən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASCLEPIADEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asclepiadean can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ASCLEPIADEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Asclepiadean in the English dictionary

The definition of Asclepiadean in the dictionary is of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb. Other definition of Asclepiadean is Also called: Asclepiad. an Asclepiadean verse.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASCLEPIADEAN


Aegean
iːˈdʒiːən
aeon
ˈiːən
Andean
ænˈdiːən
Antipodean
ænˌtɪpəˈdiːən
Caribbean
ˌkærɪˈbiːən
Chaldaean
kælˈdiːən
Chaldean
kælˈdiːən
eon
ˈiːən
Fijian
fiːˈdʒiːən
Hadean
heɪˈdiːən
Hebridean
ˌhɛbrɪˈdiːən
Korean
kəˈriːən
lien
ˈliːən
Pandean
pænˈdiːən
pantheon
pænˈθiːən
pean
ˈpiːən
sien
ˈsiːən
Thucydidean
θjuːˌsɪdɪˈdiːən
transandean
ˌtrænzænˈdiːən
Tupian
tuːˈpiːən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASCLEPIADEAN

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ascites
ascitic
ascitical
ascititious
asclepiad
asclepiadaceous
asclepias
Asclepius
ascocarp
ascocarpic
ascogonia
ascogonium
Ascoli Piceno

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASCLEPIADEAN

academic dean
acaridean
Archimedean
Cape Verdean
caryatidean
cestoidean
crinoidean
cystidean
Danaidean
dean
Euclidean
glottidean
hyoidean
jaspidean
Judean
Mandean
proboscidean
proglottidean
rural dean
subdean

Synonyms and antonyms of Asclepiadean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Asclepiadean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASCLEPIADEAN

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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एस्क्लेपीडियान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Asclepiadean
70 millions of speakers

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Asclepiadean
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Asclepiadean
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Asclepiadean
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Asclepiadean
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Asclepiadean
15 millions of speakers
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Asclepiadean
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Asclepiadean
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Asclepiadean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Asclepiadean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCLEPIADEAN»

The term «Asclepiadean» is used very little and occupies the 163.167 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCLEPIADEAN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCLEPIADEAN»

Discover the use of Asclepiadean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Asclepiadean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Horace: Epodes and Odes
the Adonic was seen as a lengthening of the third Sapphic rather than a metrically autonomous line. Such elided and hyphenated words are said to be hypermetric. Asclepiadean Meters Though named after the Hellenistic poet Asclepiades of ...
Daniel H. Garrison, Horace, 1998
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Studies in Catullan Verse: An Analysis of Word Types and ...
ASCLEPIADEAN MAJOR I 23456 789 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 X X - ^ v> - ^ w — w w wX It is difficult to discover who first applied the eponym Asklepiades, the Alexandrian composer of epigrams, to the sixteen-syllable line diagrammed above.
Julia Wolfe Loomis, 1972
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The works of Horace
Further details may be obtained from any of the Grammars. I. The minor Asclepiadean system, each stanza consisting of four minor Asclepiadean verses : 2 - I I vv I I 1 w v 1 I w « There is something noble in the effect of the choriambs, and the ...
Horace, Thomas Chase, 1870
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Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar
I. Asclépiadéan Strophe No. 1. Lesser Asclepiadean Verse (802) repeated in tetrastichs. —>|-vu||_.fl-vv|—v|—Au An A: An —->I-vu||__fl-vuI-—u|— -->|wu|:._n- vu|-VI_. .wu.wggewt°owwn —> 'wuIL-lwuI—ul— 0.,1. 1; 111.30; 1v. 8. II.
B. L. Gildersleeve, G. Lodge, 2013
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Latin for the New Millennium: Level 3: Student text
As with the First Asclepiadean, every line of the Fifth Asclepiadean follows a single metrical scheme. The Fifth Asclepiadean differs from the First in that there are three choriambs instead of two. It is because of the number of choriambs that the ...
Helena Dettmer, LeaAnn A. Osburn, 2012
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Brill's Companion to Horace
In the Odes we nd a subtle relationship between meter and poetic register— elevated topics like politics and panegyrics (Sapphic: 1.2, 12, 3.14; Alcaic:1.37; 2.1; 3.1–6; Asclepiadean: 1.14) and hymns to gods and religion (Sapphic: 1.10, 30; ...
Hans-Christian Günther, 2012
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An Introduction to the Study of Medieval Latin Versification
The number of syllables in the well-known Asclepiadean stro- 2 x (6 + 6), 7, 8 H phe of Horace is found in the following verses (2 x [6 + 6], 7, 8): Gaude visceribus, mager muneribus Ioachim referta, solvens vota certa, Expurget piae mentis ...
Dag Norberg, Jan Ziółkowski, 2004
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A Grammar of the Latin Language for the Use of Schools and ...
Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard, Henry Preble. Metres ol Horace and Catullus. 645. The Asclepiadean verse is used in five varieties, as follows : — (1.) Lesser (or 1st) Asclepiadean (2d Pherecratic -j- 1st Pherecratic). [Not strophic] ...
Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard, Henry Preble, 1888
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A Little Book of Latin Love Poetry: A Transitional Reader ...
There are five ASCLEPIADEAN meters, named after the Hellenistic Greek poet Asclepiades who revived the use of these forms used earlier by Sappho and Alcaeus. The SECOND ASCLEPIADEAN STANZA alternates two lines (note that the ...
John Breuker, Mardah Weinfeld, 2006
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The British cyclopædia of literature, history, geography, ...
After the dissolution of the electorate of Mentz, in 1811, Aschatfcnburg became the summer residence of the prince primate, afterwards grand duke of Frankfort Asclepiadean Verse consists of two or three choriambuses, and is accordingly ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1836

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