Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having five syllables; composed of five syllables.
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- adjective Having
five syllables .
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- adjective having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables
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Examples
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= Ovid allows pentasyllabic words to end the pentameter only in the poetry of exile (Platnauer 17).
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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For Ovid's use of trisyllabic and pentasyllabic endings, see at ix 26
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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The later _Heroides_ have two pentasyllabic pentameter-endings, XVI 290
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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_penna_ vs. _pinna_, 28, 203 pentameter endings trisyllabic, 294 quadrisyllabic, 164-166 pentasyllabic, 181-182 perfect subjunctive vs. future perfect indicative forms, 215 polyptoton, Ovid's use of, 278, 378
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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(c. 430) after whom the Syriac pentasyllabic verse is called the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Most hymns of this class are in pentasyllabic verses and are the work of the poet Balai (d. about
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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