dactylic

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Dactylic verse, two-stress, 30; three-stress, 37; four-stress, 40; five-stress, 42; six-stress, 44; seven-stress, 46; eight-stress, 48.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Dactylic hexameter, 368. —— pentameter, 369. dapis, defective, 57, 6.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

The different kinds of verses are named Trochaic, Iambic, Dactylic, Anapaestic, according to the foot which forms the basis of their structure.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

The Dactylic Hexameter, or Heroic Verse, consists theoretically of six dactyls.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Dactylic verses are measured by single feet, and are designated as tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, accordingly.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)