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τρίμετρος

τρίμετρος, consisting of three metres

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τριμέτρῳ masculine dative singular, feminine dative singular, neuter dative singular of τρίμετρος

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τρίμετρος [ῐ], ον, of verses,
  • consisting of three μέτρα; i. e. in iambics, trochaics, and anapaestics, of three συζυγίαι (of two feet each); but in dactylics, etc., of three single feet: hence the iambic verse of six feet is called by the Greeks ἴαμβος τρίμετρος, Hdt. 1.12; so τόνος τ. trimeter verse, ib. 174; ἔπη τ. Pl. Lg. 810e; τρίμετρον, τό, Ar. Nu. 642, Arist. Po. 1447b11 (pl.).
    • II τρίμετρος, ὁ, a measure of capacity for oil, IG 14.422 iii 44 (Tauromenium).

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