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logaoedic

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/lɒɡəˈiːdɪk/

Definition of logaoedic

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of any metre rhythmically intermediate between ordinary speech (or prose) and song (or poetry), typically combining dactyls and trochees.
    “Hence this metre was frequently used by the Æolians, and their strophes were principally formed by connecting logaœdic rhythms with trochees, iambi, and Æolic dactyls.”
    “The Glyconeus, which has a logaœdic order.”
    “Anapæstic Logaœdics are identical in their rhythm with…Logaœdic Dactyls.”
    “The essential difference between choreic and logaoedic rhythm is that of ictus.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of any metre rhythmically intermediate between ordinary speech (or prose) and song (or poetry), typically combining dactyls and trochees.
    “Hence this metre was frequently used by the Æolians, and their strophes were principally formed by connecting logaœdic rhythms with trochees, iambi, and Æolic dactyls.”
    “The Glyconeus, which has a logaœdic order.”
    “Anapæstic Logaœdics are identical in their rhythm with…Logaœdic Dactyls.”
    “The essential difference between choreic and logaoedic rhythm is that of ictus.”

noun

  1. Any logaoedic verse.
    “Anapæstic Logaœdics are identical in their rhythm with…Logaœdic Dactyls.”
    “Chorees and logaoedics can be extended to Series of six measures.”

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Etymology

From Latin logaoedicus, from Ancient Greek λογᾰοιδῐκός (logăoidĭkós), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, prose”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”).

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