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PRONUNCIATION OF PENTHEMIMER

penthemimer  [ˌpɛnθɪˈmɪmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENTHEMIMER

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Penthemimer is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES PENTHEMIMER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of penthemimer in the English dictionary

The definition of penthemimer in the dictionary is a unit in poetry consisting of two and a half metrical feet.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENTHEMIMER


aimer
ˈeɪmə
anima
ˈænɪmə
cinema
ˈsɪnɪmə
climber
ˈklaɪmə
disclaimer
dɪsˈkleɪmə
enema
ˈɛnɪmə
Fatima
ˈfætɪmə
gamer
ˈɡeɪmə
hephthemimer
ˌhɛfθɪˈmɪmə
maxima
ˈmæksɪmə
minima
ˈmɪnɪmə
optima
ˈɒptɪmə
polymer
ˈpɒlɪmə
primer
ˈpraɪmə
Proxima
ˈprɒksɪmə
tamer
ˈteɪmə
timer
ˈtaɪmə
trimmer
ˈtrɪmə
ultima
ˈʌltɪmə
Zimmer
ˈzɪmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENTHEMIMER

penteconter
Pentecost
Pentecostal
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalist
pentel
Pentelicus
Pentelikon
pentene
penteteric
penthemimeral
Penthesilea
Penthesileia
Pentheus
penthouse
pentice
pentimenti
pentimento
pentiti
pentito

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENTHEMIMER

claimer
dendrimer
dimer
egg timer
excimer
first-timer
Gordimer
great primer
Hochheimer
Horkheimer
Latimer
lorimer
mimer
Mortimer
old-timer
Oppenheimer
proclaimer
self-timer
trimer
two-timer

Synonyms and antonyms of penthemimer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «penthemimer» into 25 languages

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380 millions of speakers
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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Penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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Pentemimer
85 millions of speakers
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penthemimer
80 millions of speakers

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penthemimer
75 millions of speakers

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पेंथिमिमर
75 millions of speakers

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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
30 millions of speakers
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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penthemimer
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Trends of use of penthemimer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTHEMIMER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTHEMIMER» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTHEMIMER»

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1
The epodes of Horace: a study in poetic arrangement
... ithyphallic 2. dactylic tetrapody +ithypha1lic 3. dactylic penthemimer + iambic dimeter acatalectic 4. dactylic penthemimer + iambic penthemimer 5. iambic penthemimer + dactylic penthemimer 6. dactylic penthemimer + iambic penthemimer ...
Robert W. Carrubba, 1969
2
Bacchides
METRES OF BACCHIDES. 1. Iambic trimeter brachycatalectic. 2. Iambic monometer. 3-11. Iambic trimeter acatalectic. 12. Trochaic tetrameter acatalectic. 13. Trochaic penthemimer. 14. Cretic dimeter acatalectic with trochaic penthemimer. 15.
Titus Maccius Plautus, J. M'Cosh, 1896
3
The Verse of Greek Comedy
The prevailing phrase is the dimeter, but the trimeter is not rare. The ithyphallic ( 203) often closes a long subordinate period. The penthemimer also occasionally occurs (203). Eesolution of the thesis of the simple foot is freely admitted in Lys.
John Williams White, 1912
4
A Complete Latin Grammar for the Use of Students by John ...
Obs. 3 The first penthemimer seldom ends with an iambic word, but when this is the case the first foot is generally a spondee, as in the line Pascebatque suas ipse senator ones. But there are not unfrequent exceptions to this ,' thus we have in ...
John William Donaldson, 1867
5
The Classical Journal
... SOS Gaisf. Heph. 58. The second verse, however different in appearance, may be considered as an antistrophe to the first, (having a slight licence in the first foot , common to lyric poetry) in the same manner as the latter' penthemimer of ...
‎1811
6
An Introduction to the Study of Medieval Latin Versification
makes use of it in a well- known poem which begins in this way: Stella maris, || quae sola paris || sine coniuge prolem, Iustitiae || clarum specie || super omnia solem.16 Here the trihemimeris and penthemimer are the obligatory breaks, and it ...
Dag Norberg, Jan Ziółkowski, 2004
7
The Ajax
Vv.^697, 8. 6euv x°P°'ol\ oraf | oirus I fim\: choriambus: iambic penthemimer. \ v. 699, 700. vvala Kvurr \ X op\ || fiP-ar\a\)rbba.Ti'\ivvu:v \ Xa^\i\% | : choriambus, iambus : trochee, choriambus: and iambic penthemimer. V. 701. vvv yap (fj.oi\\ )i?
Sophocles, Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, 1871
8
Institutes of Latin Grammar
An initial penthemimer is succeeded by a monosyllable; thus Te belluosus qui remotis— iv. 14, 47. The only exceptions are the dissyllables and quadrisyllables. A final penthemimer is preceded by a monosyllable ; thus Consulque rum unius ...
John Grant, 1823
9
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
The Archilochian elegiambic; of which the first member is the latter part of an elegiac pentameter, or the Archilochian dactylic penthemimer, (consisting of two dactyls and a syllable,) the second member, the iambic dimeter acatalectic 3 as, ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
10
Various English and Latin Poems, Translations, &c. preceded ...
This is called by some a penthemimer, a word derived from where, and the compound word ripimpa; (from iiiua'u and yQFJOjOined to it. ' .The two next following feet are always dactyls, and 'SO > far the verse now consists of one penthemimer ...
Richard BURNET (Master of the Grammar School at Bungay, Suffolk.), 1808

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