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Synonyms for dactyl

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dak-til
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæk tɪl

Définition of dactyl

Origin :
  • metrical foot, late 14c., from Greek dactylos, literally "finger" (also "toe"), of unknown origin; the metrical use (a long syllable followed by two short ones) is by analogy with the three joints of a finger.
  • As in toe : noun foot part
Example sentences :
  • This foot, which is the opposite of the dactyl, is known as the anapest.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter
  • Pain is always by the side of joy, the spondee by the dactyl.
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • The letters “v v v” indicate that the dactyl at the beginning of the line has been dropped.
  • Extract from : « The Works of John Marston » by John Marston
  • There is a similar contrast in the cases of the dactyl and anapæst.
  • Extract from : « Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 » by Various
  • But in all the feet except the fifth, a spondee ( ) may take the place of the dactyl.
  • Extract from : « New Latin Grammar » by Charles E. Bennett
  • You always feel as if Horace only used it also when he wanted a dactyl.
  • Extract from : « Val d'Arno » by John Ruskin
  • “Dactyl” is a fine word; in Greek it means “finger”; like a finger, a poetic dactyl has three parts, one long and two short.
  • Extract from : « Practical English Composition: Book II. » by Edwin L. Miller
  • The Dactyl, which has the first syllable accented and the two latter unaccented: as, "Jnthin, Jffr-sn."
  • Extract from : « The Comic English Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • The proceleusmatic foot, or four short syllables, instead of the dactyl; scen.
  • Extract from : « View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Henry Hallam
  • This done and you have discovered the Vernal Equinox, or Spring, and without spilling a dactyl.
  • Extract from : « Of All Things » by Robert C. Benchley

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