| 单词 |
epitrite |
| 释义 |
epitrite, a. and n. Pros.|ˈɛpɪtraɪt|
Also 9 epitrit.
[ad. L. epitritos, a. Gr. ἐπίτριτος amounting to one third more than the unit, f. ἐπί in addition + τρίτος the third.]
†A. adj. In the ratio of 4 to 3; spec. in ancient music: see quot.
1609Douland Ornith. Microl. 65 The sesquitertia Proportion, which they call Epitrite..Musically, when 4 Notes are sounded against 3, which are like themselues.
B. n. Prosody. A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short one, and called first, second, third, and fourth epitrite, according as the short syllable stands first, second, third, or fourth respectively.
1678–1708in Phillips. 1749Power Pros. Numbers 31 The first Epitrite..a Close which Tully much delights in. 1819H. Busk Vestriad ii. 183 Thro' the trite epitrite, when billows roar, Reader and sailor feel themselves ashore. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 388 The third foot of the major ionic tetrameter, we are told, may be a second epitrit, which is merely impossible. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 167 The solemn rhythmical epitrite. |
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