dactyl
IPA: dˈæktɪɫ
noun
- A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
Examples of "dactyl" in Sentences
- It doesn't scan as a double dactyl.
- It may be seen as a reversed dactyl.
- Dactylic tetrameter is a metre in poetry.
- Dactylic pentameter is never used in isolation.
- Dactylic pentameter is a form of meter in poetry.
- An example of this form of poetry is the dactylic hexameter.
- Dactyl is the first satellite of an asteroid to be discovered.
- It is found in the dactylic hexameter and the dactylic pentameter.
- A double dactyl can therefore simply mean two consecutive dactyls.
- A 'double dactyl' can therefore simply mean two consecutive dactyls.