CATALEXIS Definition & Meaning

catalexis

[ kat-l-ek-sis ]

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noun

Prosody.

plural catalexes

the absence of a syllable at the beginning or end of a line of metrical verse resulting in an incomplete foot, most often occurring in the last foot at the end of a verse; a catalectic line.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of catalexis¹

1820–30; < Greek �첹��á��ŧ�澱�� ending, final syllable; catalectic, -sis

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Nearly all English metres," he said, "owe their existence as metres to 'catalexis,' or pause, for the time of one or more feet, and, as a rule, the position and amount of catalexis, are fixed.

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Nearly all English metres owe their existence as metres to “catalexis,” or pause, for the time of one or more feet, and, as a rule, the position and amount of catalexis are fixed.

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Granting, however, his principle of catalexis, we still doubt whether the irregular metre of The Unknown Eros is happily used except for the large sweep of the flight of the Ode more properly so called.

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