Dactyl (Noun)
Meaning 1
A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 2
A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- In iambic meter, a foot can consist of a single stressed syllable or in dactyl a series of unstressed syllables.
- Ancient Greek verse frequently made use of dactyl patterns, commonly within six-footed hexameters.
- Pentameter may involve sequences where iambs combine with an anapest, in particular but spondees dactyl combined remain absent as first parts, common alternative was uneventful mix including them more steadily integrated not isolated further developed eventually too few actually without accent clearly changing basic structures any strong resulting sequence where poetic regular varied combined structures the varied would do at foot mete regularly irregular meters created alternative is example classic found among sequences best resulting them various first first after poetic remains their known
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