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Meaning of "catalectic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CATALECTIC

Via Late Latin from Greek katalēktikos incomplete, from katalēgein, from kata- off + lēgein to stop.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CATALECTIC

catalectic  [ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATALECTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Catalectic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CATALECTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Catalectic

A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. One form of catalexis is headlessness, where the unstressed syllable is dropped from the beginning of the line. Making a meter cataletic can drastically change the feeling of the poem, and is often used to achieve a certain effect. Compare this selection from Book III of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" with that from W. H. Auden's "Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love". The first is in trochaic tetrameter, and the second in trochaic tetrameter catalectic. By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water. --H. W.

Definition of catalectic in the English dictionary

The definition of catalectic in the dictionary is having an incomplete final foot.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATALECTIC


acatalectic
æˌkætəˈlɛktɪk
analectic
ˌænəˈlɛktɪk
anorectic
ˌænəˈrɛktɪk
apoplectic
ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk
cachectic
kəˈkɛktɪk
cathectic
kəˈθɛktɪk
dialectic
ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk
eclectic
ɪˈklɛktɪk
eutectic
juːˈtɛktɪk
hectic
ˈhɛktɪk
hypercatalectic
ˌhaɪpəˌkætəˈlɛktɪk
hypereutectic
ˌhaɪpəjuːˈtɛktɪk
hypoeutectic
ˌhaɪpəʊjuːˈtɛktɪk
idiolectic
ˌɪdɪəˈlɛktɪk
orectic
ɒˈrɛktɪk
pectic
ˈpɛktɪk
peritectic
ˌpɛrɪˈtɛktɪk
pleonectic
ˌpliːəˈnɛktɪk
smectic
ˈsmɛktɪk
synectic
sɪˈnɛktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATALECTIC

catalase
catalatic
catalepsy
cataleptic
cataleptically
catalexis
Catalina Island
catallactic
catallactically
catalo
cataloger
catalogic
catalogize
catalogue
cataloguer
cataloguing
cataloguise
cataloguist
Catalonia
catalpa

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATALECTIC

Antarctic
anticlimactic
arctic
cataplectic
chiropractic
didactic
dyslectic
dystectic
galactic
Hegelian dialectic
High Arctic
intergalactic
lactic
practic
prophylactic
subarctic
syntactic
tactic
the Antarctic
the Arctic

Synonyms and antonyms of catalectic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «catalectic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATALECTIC

Find out the translation of catalectic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catalectic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catalectic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

catalectic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cataléctico
570 millions of speakers

English

catalectic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

catalectic
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

catalectic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

catalectic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cataléctico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেষ পর্বে একটি মাত্রা কম আছে এমন কবিতার পংক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catalectique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Katalektik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

catalectic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

catalectic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

catalectic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Catalectic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

catalectic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

catalectic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅथॅक्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

catalectic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catalettico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

catalectic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

catalectic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

catalectic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

catalectic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

catalectic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

catalectic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

catalectic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catalectic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATALECTIC»

The term «catalectic» is used very little and occupies the 178.441 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATALECTIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATALECTIC»

Discover the use of catalectic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catalectic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Manual of Latin Prosody
176 Dactylic Trimeter Catalectic, . 177 Dactylic Dimeter Acatalectic, . 177 Choriambic Verses. Choriambic Tetrameter Acatalectic, 178 (or Greater Asclepiadean). Choriambic Trimeter Acatalectic, 178 (or Lesser Asclepiadean). Choriambic ...
William Ramsay, 1859
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The Alcestis of Euripides: With Notes, for the Use of ...
Dactylic trimeter catalectic in dissyllabum with anacrusis, followed by a trochaic dipody (or epi- tritus). . „ | j_ _vw I ± - 3. Dactylic trimeter catalectic in dissyllabum. . . j_ w w _ 4. Iambic trimeter catalectic. 5. Dactylic trimeter catalectic in ...
Euripides, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1837
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Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre
The 'canonical' structure of the agon in Comedy involves the use of the anapaestic tetrameter catalectic both in the katake- leusmoi or exhortations by the coryphaeus after ode and antode and in the debates between actors ( sometimes also ...
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, 1975
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Menaechmi
588 Anapaestic tetrameter acatalectic. 589 Anapaestic tetrameter catalectic. 590 — 91 Trochaic tetrameter acatalectic. 592 Trochaic tetrameter catalectic. 593 Second glyconic and dochmiac. 594 Trochaic tetrameter acatalectic. 595 Trochaic ...
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An elementary manual of Latin prosody
Systole, Pace 71 71 71 71 72 73 Ionic Verses. Ionic a maiore Tetrameter Brachy- catalectic, . . . HI (or Sotadean). Ionic a minore Te train. Acatalectic, 112 Iambic Verses. Iambic Trimeter Acatalectic, . 113 (or Senarius). Choliambus, or Scazon, .
William Wardlaw Ramsay, 1859
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vedic metre in its histortical development
Ia catalectic verse; 5a tidm. 65. 4a mahimdnam, § 170 ii c ; 5b isdnakft . 5c d ihl; 6a tud. 66. 5c extended Viratsthana verse (indra type); 6c tvdm; 6d ddyisthah; 7a hidh, cf. § 140 iii ; 9c kena ud ; 13a <it^, § 173 v: m at the end of the verse is only  ...
7
The Prometheus of Æschylus: With Notes, for the Use of ...
Dactylic trimeter catalectic in dissyllabum with anacrusis, followed by a trochaic dipody. ~U~~_~~__U 3. Dactylic trimeter catalectic in dissyllabum. . . „ w _ 4. Iambic trimeter catalectic. 5. Dactylic trimeter catalectic in dissyllabum, followed by an ...
Aeschylus, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1841
8
The Antigone of Sophocles: with notes, for the use of ...
5, not without reason. 7. The same as v. 5. 8. Trochaic dimeter catalectic. 9. Iambic dimeter. 10. Trochaic dipody. So Hermann. alii aliter. Dindorfs arrangement of vv. 9, 10, makes v. 9, Iambic tripody ; v. 10, Bacchiac dimeter. ( Comp. Alcest 92.) ...
Sophocles, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1841
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pt. 2 The Antigone of Sophocles
582—592=593 — 603. Verse 1. Anacrusis, dactylic trimeter catalectic ; epitritus ( i. e. trochaic dipody.) 2. Epitritus ; dactylic trimeter catalectic. 3. Epitritus; logacedic dactyl. (2 dactyls, 2 trochees.) 4. Iambic dimeter. 5. Trochaic dimeter catalectic.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1837
10
Introduction to Greek Prosody: In Three Parts. With an ...
In Three Parts. With an Appendix on the Metres of Horace. Adapted to the Use of Beginners Peter Wilson. Ionic Dimeter Acatalectic, Trimeter Catalectic, and Acatalectic. Choriambic Dimeter Catalectic, and Acatalectie, Trimeter Catalectic,  ...
Peter Wilson, 1811

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATALECTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term catalectic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bengal and Britain's Industrial Revolution
This is one of the most catalectic experiments of British Capitalism on the Bengal economy in the colonial context. We are all familiar with the ... «Website, May 15»
2
Miracle Drug Yonoflow24 Limits Restroom Visits To Once A Day
So, until a catalectic system being developed by Depend diapers is ready, Yonoflow24 users will have to weigh the stigma of being associated ... «Hartford Courant, Mar 15»
3
Longest poem of classical-era unearthed in western Turkey
... Project Epigraph Professor Christian Marek, the writing on the stela has a poetical language in a style called “catalectic trochaic tetrameter.” «Hurriyet Daily News, Oct 14»
4
Hiring for Procter & Gamble Facility Underway
... in the community and we also believe it has a catalectic impact on future development in the Cumberland Valley, really,” said Ross. «WHAG, Jun 14»
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After Obamacare, ObamaCar Insurance?
If you refuse to install a device in your old car -- it will be standard in new cars, like catalectic converters -- the question will be "So what are you ... «American Thinker, Dec 13»
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Clothing You Can Sweat In (And Not Sweat It)
They are essentially catalectic converters that address the fury but not the sound. Perhaps the materials used in car mufflers could be adapted ... «Hartford Courant, Mar 13»
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Illegal drugs fuelling crime in hemisphere, says OAS official
Blackwell said hemispheric leaders have recognised "that we have reached this catalectic moment", adding that "problems we are facing with ... «Jamaica Observer, Jan 13»
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Serena Williams Sports a Neon Pink Bodysuit on the Courts
Friday 15 April. By Catalectic. Vote downVote upReport this. I will never chew bubblegum again. Reply. Friday 15 April. By Sharon. «PopEater, Apr 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Catalectic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/catalectic>. Apr 2024 ».
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