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dactyl
1. Prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short (— ⌣ ⌣) 2. Zoology any digit of a vertebrate Dactyl in syllabotonic versification (including Russian), a three-syllable foot in which the stress falls on the first syllable (- - -). An example of the dactyl in Russian verse is Tuchkĭ nĕ/ besny̆ĕ,/ vechny̆ĕ/ strannĭkĭ! Step’i͝u la,/ zurnǒi ̆u,/ tsep’i͝u zhĕm/ chuzhnǒi͝u . .. (M. IU. LERMONTOV) In ancient metrics the dactyl was a three-syllable foot with a duration of four morae made up of one long syllable and two short syllables (---). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Pain is always by the side of joy, the spondee by the dactyl. The abbe, who was quite innocent of Latin, nodded his head, in cadence, at every roll which La Fontaine impressed upon his body, according to the undulations of the dactyls and spondees. |
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