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Webster 1913 Edition

Asclepiad

As-cle′pi-ad

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Noun.
(Gr. & L. Pros.)
A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

Webster 1828 Edition

Asclepiad

ASCLE'PIAD

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Noun.
In ancient poetry, a verse of four feet, the first of which is a spondee, the second a choriamb, and the last two, dactyls; or of four feet and a cesura, the first, a spondee, the second, a dactyl, then the cesura, followed by two dactyls.

Definition 2024

Asclepiad

Asclepiad

English

Noun

Asclepiad ‎(plural Asclepiads)

  1. (poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
  2. (Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepias, known as physicians or healers.

Etymology

First used by the Ancient Greek poet Asclepias.

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