Dictionary

hexameter en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of sexameter.

Meanings

1. (countable) A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
   • The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango. 1908, Walter Wilson Greg, “[Preface]”, in G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wives Tale, 1595, [Oxford, Oxfordshire]: […] [F]or the Malone Society by Horace Hart […], at the Oxford University Press, published 1965, →OCLC, page vi:
2. (uncountable) A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.

Forms

Deriveds

hexametrist

Relateds

hexametral · hexametric · hexametrize

Synonyms

sexameter

Translations (27)

sv hexameter (line in a poem) · sk hexameter (poetic metre) · pl heksametr (line in a poem) · fr hexamètre (poetic metre) · ru гекза́метр (line in a poem) · hu hexameter (poetic metre) · pl heksametr (poetic metre) · ru гекза́метр (poetic metre) · it esametro (line in a poem) · sv hexameter (poetic metre) · sk hexameter (line in a poem) · fr hexasyllabe (line in a poem) · nl zesvoetig vers (line in a poem) · ro hexametru (poetic metre) · gl hexámetro (poetic metre) · ca hexàmetre (line in a poem) · es hexámetro (poetic metre) · la hexameter (line in a poem) · hu hexameter (line in a poem) · es hexámetro (line in a poem) · ca hexàmetre (poetic metre) · ro hexametru (line in a poem) · eo heksametro (line in a poem) · la hexameter (poetic metre) · nl hexameter (line in a poem) · it esametro (poetic metre) · gl hexámetro (line in a poem)