pentameter

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pen·tam·e·ter / penˈtamitər/ • n. Prosody a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse) of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable.

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pentameter

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pentameter XVI. — L. — Gr. pentámetros, -on, sb. uses of m. and n. of adj., f. PENTA- + métron METRE1.

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