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Definition of Adonean
Adonean Adonean Ad`o*ne"an (-n[=e]"an), a. [L. Adon[=e]us.]
Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. ``Fair Adonean Venus.'
--Faber.
- An adonic (Latin: adoneus) is a unit of Aeolic verse, a five-syllable metrical foot consisting of a dactylfollowed by a trochee. The last line of a Sapphic... - × | ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ telesillean × | ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ dodrans ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ | ˘ ¯ ¯ pherecratean × × | ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ | ¯ reizianum × | ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ | ¯ adonean ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ | ¯... - (of the form – u – x – u u – u – x ), while the fourth is five-syllable adonean (– u u – x). Rayor & Lardinois 2014, p. 108 Lardinois 2011 D'Angour 2013... - u – – pherecratean (Latin: pherecrateus): x x – u u – – (pher) reizianum (Latin: reizi****): x – u u – – (^pher) adonean (Latin: adoneus): – u u – –... - Sapphic stanza, so called for SapphoAlcaic stanza, so called for AlcaeusAdonean or Adonic The following is also a kind of aeolic verse, though used stichically:... - Odes book 4) it can come after the 6th syllable. The fourth line is an adonean (– ᴗ ᴗ – x). – ᴗ – – – / ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – x – ᴗ – – – / ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – x – ᴗ – – –... - hendecasyllables, of the form "¯ ˘ ¯ × ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯", followed by a five-syllable adonean, of the form "¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯". At least five stanzas survive; whether the poem...
