- 1. n. A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Source: opted
- 2. a. Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Source: opted
- 3. n. a verse line having six metrical feet Source: wordnet
- 4. A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge. Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland. Source: webster
- 5. A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be eitherdactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and thesixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed theIliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accenttakes the place of quantity.Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voiceof the | huntsman. Longfellow.Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless |billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | skyand the | ocean. Coleridge. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. a verse line having six metrical feet Source: ecdict
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