τετράμετρος
τετρᾰ/-μετρος,
ον,
A). consisting of four metres, i.e., in iambic and trochaic verse,
consisting of four double feet or
syzygies:
τὸ τετράμετρον is generally
the trochaic tetrameter,
Ar. Nu. 642 ,
645 ,
X. Smp. 6.3 ,
Arist. Rh. 1404a31 ,
1409a1 ,
Po. 1459b37 : also
the anapaestic tetrameter, called
τὸ Ἀριστοφάνειον (as in
Nu. 957 sq.),
D.H. Comp. 25 ; cf.
τρίμετρος.
2). γωνίαι τ.
square, i.e.
right, angles,
Callix. 2 (dub. l.).
ShortDef
consisting of four metres
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τετρᾰ/-μετρος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">consisting of four metres</span>, i.e., in iambic and trochaic verse, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">consisting of four double feet</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">syzygies</span>: <span class="foreign greek">τὸ τετράμετρον</span> is generally <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the trochaic tetrameter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:642" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:642/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 642 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:645" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:645/canonical-url/"> 645 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 6.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1404a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1404a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1404a31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1409a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1409a.1/canonical-url/"> 1409a1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1459b:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1459b.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1459b37 </a>: also <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the anapaestic tetrameter</span>, called <span class="foreign greek">τὸ Ἀριστοφάνειον</span> (as in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 957 </span> sq.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 25 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">τρίμετρος</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">γωνίαι τ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">square</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">right</span>, angles, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callix.</span> 2 </a> (dub. l.).</div> </div><br><br>'}