hypercatalectus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hypercătălectus or hypercă-tălectĭcus, versus = ὑπερκατάληκτος or ὑπερκαταληκτικός, in prosody,

a verse that has at the end a syllable or a foot too much , hypercatalectic , Serv. p. 1817 P.; Prisc. p. 1216 ib.