- You are here:
-
Home
-
AZ Dictionary
-
adjective:
- Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus.
- Of or with respect to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus.
View More
-
others:
- with respect to Archilochus, a Greek poet of Paros, noted the bitterness and extent of their satire.
- extreme; ill-natured: as, Archilochian bitterness.
- In ancient prosody, noting four stanzas— A dactylic hexameter alternating with a penthemim (called an inferior Archilochian) or
- with an iambelegus.
- An iambic trimeter alternating with an elegiambus.
- A verse composed of four dactyls and three trochees (called a better Archilochian) alternating with an iambic trimeter catalectic.
- related to Archilochus, a Greek poet of Paros, noted when it comes to bitterness and severity of his satire.
- extreme; ill-natured: because, Archilochian bitterness.
- In old prosody, noting four stanzas— A dactylic hexameter alternating with a penthemim (labeled as a lesser Archilochian) or
- with an iambelegus.
- An iambic trimeter alternating with an elegiambus.
- A verse comprising four dactyls and three trochees (known as a greater Archilochian) alternating with an iambic trimeter catalectic.
View More
How would you define archilochian?