Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anc. Gr. pros.: Having or characterized by a difference of more than one between the number of times or moræ in the thesis and that in the arsis: as, a dochmiac foot; dochmiac rhythm.
- Consisting of dochmii: as, a dochmiac verse, trimeter, strophe.
- noun In ancient Greek prosody, a verse or series composed of dochmii.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective poetry Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
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