pentămĕter, tri, m., = πεντάμετρος (containing five metrical feet),
a pentameter : in pentametri medio, Quint. 9, 4, 98; so id. 9, 4, 109: heroicus, Diom. p. 506 P.: pentametrum elegum, id. p. 502 ib.
·noun A verse of five feet. II. Pentameter ·adj Having five metrical feet. ...
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